The following is an edited selection of refereed publications; for a complete list, check Google Scholar. I also co-authored a book called Machine Learning, Statistics, and Data Mining for Heliophysics.

• Genevieve Smith, Steven Luo, Hiral Jignesh Patel, Monica G. Bobra, Jennifer Tridgell, K. Jarrod Millman, Shachee Doshi, Katie Steen-James, Chinasa T. Okolo, Derek Slater, Nikko Stevens, Cathryn Carson, Ricardo Miron Torres, Natalia Luka, Judy Brewer, Woohyeuk Lee, Meredith M. Lee, Maximilian Gahntz, Isadora Cruxen, Cailean Osborne, Nicholas Garcia, David Gray Widder, Min Kyung Lee. “Towards the promise of open source and openness in AI: Co-creating alternative technological futures.” 2026, Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, accepted.


• Manolis Georgoulis, Stephanie L. Yardley, Jordan A. Guerra, Sophie A. Murray, Azim Ahmadzadeh, Anastasios Anastasiadis, Berkay Aydin, Graham Barnes, Alessandro Bemporad, Federico Benvenuto, Monica G. Bobra, Cristina Campi, Enrico Camporeale, A. Gordon Emslie, David Falconer, Li Feng, Weiqun Gan, Lucie Green, Sabrina Guastavino, Mike Hapgood, Irina Kitiashvili, Ioannis Kontogiannis, Marianna B. Korsos, K. D. Leka, Paolo Massa, Anna Maria Massone, Alexander Nindos, Athanasios Papaioannou, Sung-Hong Parka, Spiros Patsourakos, Michele Piana, Nour E. Raouafia, Viacheslav M. Sadykova, Shin Toriumi, Angelos Vourlidas, Haimin Wang, Jason T. L. Wang, Kathryn Whitman, Yihua Yan, Andrei N. Zhukov. “Prediction of Solar Eruptive Events Impacting Space Weather Conditions.” 2024, Advances in Space Research.


• Zeyu Sun, Monica G. Bobra, Xiantong Wang, Yu Wang, Hu Sun, Tamas Gombosi, Yang Chen, and Alfred Hero. “Predicting Solar Flares using CNN and LSTM on Two Solar Cycles of Active Region Data.” 2022, Astrophysical Journal, 931, 163.


• Spiridon Kasapis, Lulu Zhao, Yang Chen, Xiantong Wang, Monica Bobra, and Tamas Gombosi. “Interpretable Machine Learning to Forecast SEP Events for Solar Cycle 23.” 2022, Space Weather, 20, 2.


• Monica G. Bobra, Paul J. Wright, Xudong Sun, and Michael J. Turmon. “SMARPs and SHARPs: Two Solar Cycles of Active Region Data.” 2021, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 256, 26. [This result was featured in the American Geophysical Union Eos Magazine.]


• Will T. Barnes, Mark C. M. Cheung, Monica G. Bobra, et al. “aiapy: A Python Package for Analyzing Solar EUV Image Data from AIA.” 2020, Journal of Open Source Software, 5(55), 2801.


• Monica G. Bobra, Stuart J. Mumford, Russell J. Hewett, et al. “A Survey of Computational Tools in Solar Physics.” 2020, Solar Physics, 295, 57.


• Brett M. Morris, Monica G. Bobra, Eric Agol, Yu Jin Lee, and Suzanne L. Hawley. “The Stellar Variability Noise Floor for Transiting Exoplanet Photometry with PLATO.” 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 4.


• The SunPy Community, Will T. Barnes, Monica G. Bobra, et al. “SunPy: A Python package for Solar Physics.” 2020, Journal of Open Source Software, 5(46), 1832.


• The SunPy Community, Will T. Barnes, Monica G. Bobra, et al. “The SunPy Project: Open Source Development and Status of the Version 1.0 Core Package.” 2020, Astrophysical Journal, 890, 1.


• Kolja Glogowski, Monica G. Bobra, Nitin Choudhary, Arthur B. Amezcua, and Stuart J. Mumford. “drms: A Python package for accessing HMI and AIA data.” 2019, Journal of Open Source Software, 4(40), 1614.


• Richard Galvez, David F. Fouhey, Meng Jin, Alexandre Szenicer, Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo, Mark C. M. Cheung, Paul J. Wright, Monica G. Bobra, Yang Liu, James Mason, and Rajat Thomas. “A Machine Learning Dataset Prepared From the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Mission.” 2019, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 242, 1.


• Brett M. Morris, Jason L. Curtis, Stephanie T. Douglas, Suzanne L. Hawley, Marcel A. Agüeros, Monica G. Bobra, and Eric Agol. “Are Starspots and Plages Co-Located on Active G and K Stars?” 2018, Astrophysical Journal, 156, 203.


• Eric Jonas, Monica G. Bobra, Vaishaal Shankar, J. Todd Hoeksema, and Benjamin Recht. “Flare Prediction Using Photospheric and Coronal Image Data.” 2018, Solar Physics, 293, 48.


• Monica G. Bobra and Stathis Ilonidis. “Predicting Coronal Mass Ejections Using Machine Learning Methods.” 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 821, 127. [This result was featured in the American Astronomical Society Nova Magazine.]


• Keiji Hayashi, J. Todd Hoeksema, Yang Liu, Monica G. Bobra, Xudong Sun, and Aimee A. Norton. "The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Vector Magnetic Field Pipeline: Magnetohydrodynamics Simulation Module for the Global Solar Corona." 2015, Solar Physics, 290, 5.


• Xudong Sun, Monica G. Bobra, J. Todd Hoeksema, Yang Liu, Yan Li, Chenglong Shen, Sébastien Couvidat, Aimee A. Norton, and George H. Fisher. "Why Is the Great Solar Active Region 12192 Flare-rich but CME-poor?" 2015, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 804, L28.


• Monica G. Bobra and Sébastien Couvidat. “Solar Flare Prediction Using SDO/HMI Vector Magnetic Field Data with a Machine-Learning Algorithm.” 2015, Astrophysical Journal, 798, 2. [This result was featured on the front page of the San Jose Mercury News.]


• J. Todd Hoeksema, Yang Liu, Keiji Hayashi, Xudong Sun, Jesper Schou, Sébastien Couvidat, Aimee A. Norton, Monica G. Bobra, Rebecca Centeno, K. D. Leka, Graham Barnes, and Michael Turmon. "The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Vector Magnetic Field Pipeline: Overview and Performance." 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 9.


• Monica G. Bobra, Xudong Sun, J. Todd Hoeksema, Michael Turmon, Yang Liu, Keiji Hayashi, Graham Barnes, and K. D. Leka. “The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Vector Magnetic Field Pipeline: SHARPs - Space-Weather HMI Active Region Patches.” 2014, Solar Physics, 289, 9.


• Yang Liu, J. Todd Hoeksema, Monica G. Bobra, Keiji Hayashi, Peter W. Schuck, and Xudong Sun. "Magnetic Helicity in Emerging Solar Active Regions." 2014, Astrophysical Journal, 785, 1.


• Monica G. Bobra, Edward E. DeLuca, and Adriaan A. van Ballegooijen. “Modeling Magnetic Fields in Solar Active Regions.” 2008, Astrophysical Journal, 672, 1209.


• Fabio Reale, Susanna Parenti, Kathy K. Reeves, Mark Weber, Monica G. Bobra, Marco Barbera, Ryouhei Kano, Noriyuki Narukage, Masumi Shimojo, Taro Sakao, Giovanni Peres, and Leon Golub. “Fine Thermal Structure of a Coronal Active Region from Hinode XRT.” 2007, Science, 318, 1571.


• Monica G. Bobra, Steven M. Petrinec, Stephen A. Fuselier, Scott E. Claflin, and Harlan E. Spence. “On the Solar Wind Control of Cusp Aurora During Northward IMF.” 2004, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L04, 805.