General: Theoretical plasma physics. Applications to solar, stellar, magnetospheric, and ionospheric physics. Electromagnetic scattering and wave propagation. Applications to complex magnetic and dielectric materials. 
Current: Use of realistic descriptions of energy transport and dissipation in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) models to understand solar atmospheric heating and wind acceleration. 

Journal Referee: Physics of Plasmas, Annales Geophysicae, Astrophysical Journal. 
Member: NASA Proposal Review Panels 

1998 - Honorable Mention/Sciences Category - Computer Sciences Corporation Systems Group Honorarium Paper Competition. 
1998 - NASA Group Achievement Award, presented to the Science Planning and Operations Facility of the Global Geospace Science Investigations Team. 
1997 - First Place/Sciences Category - Computer Sciences Corporation Systems Group Honorarium Paper Competition. 
1992 - National Research Council Senior Research Fellowship/NASA Langley Research Center (appointment declined). 
1979 - Illinois Institute of Technology Graduate Research Fellowship (appointment declined). 

American Geophysical Union
American Physical Society
American Astronomical Society 

1. "On the Mechanism of Chromospheric Network Heating, and the Condition for its Onset in the Sun and Other Solar Type Stars", Goodman M.L. 1999, ApJ, submitted. 

 
2. "A Class of Driven, Dissipative, Energy Conserving Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria with Flow", Goodman M.L. 1998, J. Plasma Phys., 60, 587 - 626. 

 
3. "Quantitative MHD Modeling of the Solar Transition Region", Goodman M.L. 1998, Astrophys. Journ., 503, 938 - 952. 

 
4. "Convection Driven Heating of the Solar Middle Chromosphere by Resistive Dissipation of Large Scale Electric Currents - part 2", Goodman M.L. 1997, Astron. and Astrophys., 325, 341 - 351. 

 
5. "Convection Driven Heating of the Solar Middle Chromosphere by Resistive Dissipation of Large Scale Electric Currents", Goodman M.L. 1997, Astron. and Astrophys., 324, 311 - 323. 

 
6. "Heating of the Solar Middle Chromospheric Network and Internetwork by Large Scale Electric Currents in Weakly Ionized Magnetic Elements", Goodman M.L. 1996, Astrophys. Journ., 463, 784 - 796. 

 
7. "A Three Dimensional, Iterative Mapping Procedure for the Implementation of an Ionosphere-Magnetosphere Anisotropic Ohm's Law Boundary Condition in Global MHD Simulations", Goodman M.L. 1995, Ann. Geophysicae, 13, 843 - 853. 

 
8. "Heating of the Solar Middle Chromosphere by Large Scale Electric Currents", Goodman M.L. 1995, Astrophys. Journ., 443, 450 - 459. 

 
9. "Driven, Dissipative, Energy Conserving Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria II - The Screw Pinch", Goodman M.L. 1993, J. Plasma Phys., 49, 125 - 159. 

 
10. "On Driven, Dissipative, Energy Conserving Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibria", Goodman M.L. 1992, J. Plasma Phys., 48, 177 - 207. 

 
11. "Scattering By A Sphere With An Anisotropic Impedance Boundary Condition-Mie Series Solution And Uniqueness Conditions", Goodman M.L. 1990, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 7, 1817 - 1823. 

 
12. "Alfven Type Wave Motion Induced By The Hall Effect", Goodman M.L. 1989, Phys. Fluids B, 1, 2305 - 2311.  

Industry Research Reports: 

Grumman Aerospace Corporate Research Center: 

1. "Electromagnetic Scattering By Surfaces Of Arbitrary Shape Characterized By An Arbitrary, Inhomogeneous, Anisotropic Surface Impedance:Combined Field Integral Equation Formulation", Goodman M.L. 1988. 

 
2. "Electromagnetic Scattering By Surfaces Of Arbitrary Shape Characterized By An Arbitrary, Inhomogeneous, Anisotropic Surface Impedance:Electric Field Integral Equation Formulation", Goodman M.L. 1988. 

 
3. "Scattering From A Sphere With An Anisotropic Impedance Boundary Condition-Mie Series Solution And Uniqueness Conditions", Goodman M.L. 1988. 

 
4. "On Some Hybrid Theories In Electromagnetic Scattering That Do Not Involve Ray Tracing", Goodman M.L. 1988. 

 
5. "A New Exact Representation For The Maliuzhinet's Function In The Theory Of Scattering From An Impedance Wedge", Goodman M.L. 1987. 

 
6. "Electromagnetic Scattering By Perfectly Conducting Surfaces Of Arbitrary Shape In The Presence Of A Perfectly Conducting Plane", Goodman M.L. 1987. 

 
7. "Dispersion Relation For A Double Plane Layer Of Lossy Magnetodielectric Material On A Perfectly Conducting Plane", Goodman M.L. 1987. 

1. "Boundary Element Solution For The Scattered Field Of An Infinite Plane Periodic Array Of Squares With Finite Conductivity On A Dielectric Substrate Of Finite Thickness", Goodman M.L. 1986. 

 
2. "Boundary Element Solution For The Effective Electric Permittivity Of An Infinite Periodic Array Of Perfectly Conducting Plates With Nonzero Thickness Embedded In A Dielectric Medium", Goodman M.L. 1986. 

 
3. "Frequency Dependent Electric Permittivity Of A Two Component Plasma Produced By Ionizing Radiation Emitted By A Plane Radioactive Surface", Goodman M.L. 1986. 

 
4. "Surface Magnetic Field On A Permanently Magnetized Thin Rectangular Plate With Inhomogeneous Magnetization", Goodman M.L. 1986. 

 
5. "Dispersion Relation For TE and TM Modes In A Double Plane Layer Of Anisotropic Magnetodielectric Material Separated By An Anisotropic Impedance Sheet", Goodman M.L. 1986. 

 
6. "Fourier Series Solution For The Effective Dielectric Tensor Of An Infinite Periodic Array Of Perfectly Conducting Thin Plates Embedded In A Dielectric Medium", Goodman M.L. 1985. 

 
7. "Fourier Series Solution For The Magnetic Field Of An Infinite Periodic Array Of Permanently Magnetized Thin Plates With Inhomogeneous Magnetization", Goodman M.L. 1985.