Joseph Kan
Joe Kan is an Emeritus Professor and Dean at UAF. Dr. Kan earned his Ph.D degree from the University of California at San Diego in 1969, went on fo Dartmouth College to do postdoctoral research for two years. He joined the faculty at the Geophysical Institute of University of Alaska in 1972. Joe's research goal is to understand geomagnetic storm and substorm in the Earth's magnetosphere.
Professional Memberships and Awards:
Member of American Geophysical Union since 1968.
Member of European Geophysical Union since 2011.
Positions Held:
Dean of UAF Graduate School, Emeritus 2003 to present.
Dean of UAF Graduate School 1994 - 2003.
Associate Director of Geophysical Institute for Research 1991-1994.
Professor Emeritus, UAF, 2003 to Present.
Professor of Physics, UAF, 1981-2003.
Associate Professor of Physics, UAF, 1976- 1981.
Assistant Professor of Physics, UAF, 1972-1976.
Present Research Interests:
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Space Science: Geomagnetic Storm and Substorm
Thomas Hallinan
Dr. Hallinan has been interested primarily in the mechanisms responsible for the characteristic shapes of auroral forms. To study these shapes, he has developed systems for auroral imaging using low-light-level television cameras. His other interests include rocket-borne electron accelerators, electron beam experiments in large vacuum chambers (> 20 m path lengths) and barium shaped-charge injections. He has conducted auroral imaging experiments from rockets and from the Space Shuttle.
Charles Deehr
Positions Held:
- Prof. Emer. Phys., Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, 1988-present.
- Member, Board of Directors, Alaska Space Grant Program, 1991-2000.
- Member, Station Science Board, Nordlysstasjonen, Svalbard .1996-2008.
- Research Professional Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, 1998-2008.
- Scientific Director of Poker Flat Research Range, April 1989 - 1998.
- Senior Research Consultant to the Director, Geophysical Institute Jan 1988-April 1989.
- Professor Emeritus of Physics, 1988
- Sabbatical Leave, University of Oslo, Dept. of Physics, 1985-1986.
- Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, U of Alaska, July 1981-Jan 1988.
- Sabbatical Leave, University of Oslo, Dept. of Physics, 1979-1980.
- Coordinator, External Degree Program in Geophysics, 1977-1978.
- Chairman, Academic Council, Rep.to State Committee on Academic Policy, 1976-1978.
- Associate Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, July 1969-July 1981.
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Technical Research, University of Oslo, July 1969-July 1971
- Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, July 1968-July 1969.
- Assistant Geophysicist, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska 1964-1968.
- Senior Research Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 1961-1964.
- Graduate Assistant, University of Washington, 1960-1961.
- Graduate Assistant, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 1958-1960.
Selected Publications:
- Deehr, C. S. and M.H. Rees, The eclipse of July 20, 1963, spectrophotometry of atmospheric emissions, Planet. Space Sci., 12, 875-888, 1964.
- Deehr, C. S., The twilight enhancement of the auroral and nebular lines of neutral atomic oxygen, Ann. Geophys., 25, 881, 1969.
- Deehr, C. S., A. Egeland, K. Aarsnes, R. Amundsen, H.R. Lindalen, F. S¯raas, P. Stauning, H. Borg, G. Gustafsson, L.-A. Holmgren, W. Riedler, J. Raitt, G. Skovli, T. Wedde, R. Dalziel, P. A. Smith, G. R. Thomas and R. Jaeschke, Particle and auroral observations from the ESRO 1/AURORAE satellite, J. Atmo. Terr. Phys., 35, 1979-2011, 1973.
- Deehr, C. S., G.G. Sivjee, A. Egeland, K. Henriksen, P.E. Sandholt, R. Smith, P. Sweeney, C. Duncan and J. Gilmer, Ground-based observations of F-Region aurora associated with the magnetospheric cusp, J. Geophys. Res., 85, 2185-2182, 1980.
- Deehr, C. S., A relation between the altitude of the aurora and solar activity, J. Geophys. Res., 88, No. Al, 395-397, 1983.
- Deehr, C.S., D.A. Lorentzen, F. Sigernes, and R.W. Smith, Dayside auroral hydrogen emission as an aeronomic signature of magnetospheric boundary layer processes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, No. 12, 2111-2114, 1998.
- Deehr, C.S., and D Lummerzheim, Ground-based optical observations of hydrogen emission in the auroral substorm, J. Geophys. Res. 106(A1), 33-44, 2001.
- Deehr, C., M.H. Rees, A.E. Belon, G.J. Romick, and D. Lummerzheim, Influence of the ionosphere on the altitude of discrete auroral arcs. Ann. Geophys., 2005. 23(3): p. 759-766.
John Delano Craven
Dr. Craven is associate dean of the College of Natural Science at Mathematics, Director of the college’s Engineering, Science and Technology Experiment Station, and an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, following retirement in February 2009. Prior to retirement he was a tenured professor of physics, where he held a joint appointment in the Geophysical Institute and the Department of Physics. He was chair of the Physics Department from 2003 to 2009.
Professional Memberships and Awards:
Membership in Societies
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Geophysical Union
- Society of the Sigma Xi
- European Geophysical Society (former member)
Professional Activities, Development
- Member, Provost’s Academic Leadership Institute (2000-2001 academic year)
- Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (1988-90; 1997-2001)
- Member, Management Operations Working Group, Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Mesosphere Branch, Space Physics, Division, NASA (1993-1996; chair, 1995-96)
- Member, NASA Sounding Rocket Working Group (2005-2008)
- Member of numerous NASA committees over 35 years for the review of research proposal
UAF Academic Teaching Activities
- General Physics 211 (S92, S98, S04, S08)
- General Physics 212 (F92, F99, S02, F08)
- Mechanics 311,312 (98-99, 00-01, 05-06, S07)
- Physics Laboratory 381,382 (93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 02-03, 04-05, F06)
- Geometric and Physical Optics 462 (F91)
- Space Physics 673 (S93, S95, S00, F01, F03, F07)
UAF Service Activities (Selected)
- (May 2011 – June 2012) Member, UAF Core Review Committee
- (2011 - 2012) Chair, UAF Usibelli Award Committee
- (July 2003 – January 2009) Chair, UAF Physics Department
- (February – June 2003) Interim Chair, UAF Physics Department
- (May 2002 2009) Chair, UAF Appeals Board
- (July 2001-2006) Member, UAF Master Planning Committee
- (2003-2006) Member, MPC’s Circulation and Parking Subcommittee
- (November 1999 2001) Member, UAF 2001 Accreditation Steering Committee
- (June 1999 – May 2000) Member, Search Committee, UA Vice President for Finance and Planning
- (July 1998 July 2001) Chair, UAF Master Planning Committee
- (March – May, 1998) Member, Board of Regents’ Evaluation Committee for
- UA Presidential Search
- (March 1998 ) Member, UAF Provost Screening Committee
- (August 1997 to August 1998) UAF Chancellor’s representative, UA President’s Resource Allocation Task Force
- (August – September 1997) Member, UA President’s Ad Hoc Advisory Committee On RIP replacements
- (July 1997 – June 1998) Ex-Officio member, UA Foundation
- UAF representative, UA System Governance Council
- (1995 – 1998) Member, Provost’s Ad Hoc Committee on Distance
- Delivery and Technology Enhanced Education
- (May 1997 – May 1998) President, UAF Faculty Senate
- Ex-Officio member, all Faculty Senate committees
- (March 1997 – June 1998) Chair, UA Faculty Alliance
- (July 1996 June 1999) Member, UA Faculty Alliance
- (May 1996 May 1998) Member UAF Governance Coordinating Committee
- (May 1996 – May 1997) President elect, UAF Faculty Senate
- Chair, Senate Executive Committee
- (1994 – 1996) Member, UAF Senate Curricular Affairs Committee
- (1993 1998) Member, UAF Faculty Senate
Positions Held:
- (2009-Present) UAF Emeritus Professor of Physics
- (2009-2012) Associate Dean, UAF College of Natural Science and Mathematics
- (2009-2012) Director, UAF/CNSM Engineering, Science and Technology Experiment Station
- (2003-2009) Chair, UAF Physics Department
- (1991-2009) Professor of Physics, Geophysical Institute and Physics Department, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (1989-1990) Adjunct Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1982-1989) Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1975-1982) Associate Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1971-1975) Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1969-1971) Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1968-1969) Instructor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1966-1968) U. S. Steel Research Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1963-1966) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Graduate Trainee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
- (1963) Research Physicist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- (1960-1963) Undergraduate Research Aide Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa
Selected Publications:
Research Reports
- Craven, J.D., and K.L. Ackerson, The Explorer 25 (Injun 4) Satellite: Subsystems and Data Reduction, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep., 69-9, 1969.
- Craven, J.D., The Injun 4 Plastic Scintillator and 6213 GM Tube Particle Experiments, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep., 69-51, 1969.
- Frank, L.A., J.B. Sigwarth and J.D. Craven, A Hypothesis Concerning the Inner Oort Disk and Its Relationship to Comet Showers and Extinction of Species, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep,. 88-8, 1988.
- Frank, L.A., J.B. Sigwarth and J.D. Craven, An Atomic Hydrogen Torus around the Sun from a Large Population of Small Comets, Un. of Iowa Res. Rep., 88-9, 1988.
Books Edited
- Substorms 2, Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Substorms, March 7-11, 1994, ed. J. R. Kan, J. D. Craven, and S.-I. Akasofu, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1994.
Research Publications
- Frank, L.A., J.A. Van Allen, W.A. Whelpley and J.D. Craven, Absolute Intensities of Geomagnetically Trapped Particles with Explorer 14, J. Geophys. Res., 68, 1573–1579, 1963.
- Frank, L.A., J.A. Van Allen and J.D. Craven, Large Diurnal Variations of Geomagnetically Trapped and of Precipitated Electrons Observed at Low Altitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 69, 3155–3167, 1964.
- Craven, J.D., Temporal Variations of Electron Intensities at Low Altitudes in the Outer Radiation Zone as Observed with Satellite Injun 3, J. Geophys. Res., 71, 5643–5663, 1966.
- Craven, J.D., A Survey of Low-Energy (E > 5 keV) Electron Energy Fluxes over the Northern Auroral Regions with Satellite Injun 4, J. Geophys. Res., 75, 2468–2480, 1970.
- Craven, J.D., and L.A. Frank, Observations of Angular Distributions of Low Energy Electron Intensities over the Auroral Zones with Ariel 4, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., A 343, 167–188, 1975.
- Craven, J.D., and L.A. Frank, Electron Angular Distributions Above the Dayside Auroral Oval, J. Geophys. Res., 81, 1695–1699, 1976.
- Craven, J.D., and L.A. Frank, Energization of Polar Cusp Electrons at the Noon Meridian, J. Geophys. Res., 83, 2127–2132, 1978.
- Kurth, W.S., J.D. Craven, L.A. Frank and D.G. Gurnett, Intense Electrostatic Waves Near the Upper Hybrid Resonance Frequency, J. Geophys. Res., 84, 4145–4164, 1979.
- Frank, L.A., J.D. Craven, K.L. Ackerson, M.R. English, R.H. Eather and R.L. Carovillano, Global Auroral Imaging Instrumentation for the Dynamics Explorer Mission, Space Sci. Inst., 5, 369–393, 1981.
Mark Conde
Positions Held:
- (2007 – Present) Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (2004 – 2006) Senior Lecturer in Physics, La Trobe University (Australia)
- (2001 – 2004) Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (1999 – 2001) Research Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (1995 – 1999) Research Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (1993 – 1995) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- (1992 – 1993) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, La Trobe University (Australia and Antarctica)
- (1990 – 1992) Computer programmer for marine science, Australian Antarctic Division
- (1984 – 1988) Professional Officer (Physicist), Australian Antarctic Division, and Ph.D. Student, University of Adelaide. Spent 33 months working as a physicist in Antarctica during this period.
Present Research Interests:
- Thermospheric wind, temperature, and composition field’s fields, with an emphasis on how these are disturbed by the space weather
- Optical instrumentation, with an emphasis on imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometers
- Sounding rocket studies of the upper atmosphere
- Computational geophysical fluid dynamics
- Ionospheric radio tomography
Richard Collins
Dr. Collins joined the institute in 1994 as a member of the space physics group. He works in the field of optical remote sensing with an emphasis on laser radar (lidar) techniques. His interests also include the structure and dynamics of the middle atmosphere. Dr. Collins also teaches in the atmospheric science program.
William A. Bristow
Positions Held:
- (2009-Present) Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska
- (2003-2009) Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska
- (1998-2003) Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska
- (1994-1998) Senior Professional Staff Physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, Maryland
- (1992-1994) Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Baltimore, Maryland
- (1989-1992) Research Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska
Present Research Interests:
Dr. William Bristow's current research interests include included studies of winds in the upper atmosphere, studies of the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, and space-weather effects on radio propagation, which directly impacts radio communications in high-latitude regions. Dr. Bristow is the principle investigator for the SuperDARN network which consists of two radar systems in Alaska.
Selected Publications:
- Bristow, W. A., P. Jensen. A superposed epoch study of SuperDARN convection observations during substorms, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06232, 2007.
- Kosch, M. J., et al. Coordinated optical and radar observations of ionospheric pumping for a frequency pass through the second electron gyroharmonic at HAARP. J. Geophys. Res., 112, A06325, 2007.
- Chisham G., et al. A decade of the Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (SuperDARN): scientific achievements, new techniques and future directions. Surveys in Geophysics, 28, 33-109, doi: 10.1007/s10712-007-9017-8, 2007.
- Gustavsson B., et al. First estimates of volume distribution of HF-pump enhanced emissions at 6300 and 5577 Å: a comparison between observations and theory. Ann. Geophys., 26, 3999-4012, 2008.
- Chisham, G., et al. Remote sensing of the spatial and temporal structure of magnetopause and magnetotail reconnection from the ionosphere. Rev. Geophys., 46, RG1004, doi:10.1029/2007RG000223, 2008.
- Bristow, W. A. Statistics of velocity fluctuations observed by SuperDARN under steady IMF conditions. J. Geophys. Res., 113, A11202, doi:10.1029/2008JA013203, 2008.
- Ambrosino, D., et al. Different responses of northern and southern high latitude ionospheric convection to IMF rotations: a case study based on SuperDARN observations. Ann. Geophys., 27, 2423-2438, 2009.
- Bristow, W. A. Relationship between substorm onset locations and nightside convection pattern features. J. Geophys. Res., 114, A12202, 2009.
- Bristow, W. A., J. Spaleta, R. T. Parris First observations of ionospheric irregularities and flows over the south geomagnetic pole from the SuperDARN HF radar at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res. 2011JA016834RR.
- Prikryl, P., Spogli, L., Jayachandran, P. T., Kinrade, J., Mitchell, C. N., Ning, B., Li, G., Cilliers, P. J., Terkildsen, M., Danskin, D. W., Spanswick, E., Donovan, E., Weatherwax, A. T., Bristow, W. A., Alfonsi, L., De Franceschi, G., Romano, V., Ngwira, C. M., and Opperman, B. D. L.: Interhemispheric comparison of GPS phase scintillation at high latitudes during the magnetic-cloud-induced geomagnetic storm of 5–7 April 2010, Ann. Geophys., 29, 2287-2304, doi:10.5194/angeo-29-2287-2011.
The greatest light show on Earth: Conde, Lummerzheim featured in BBC Nature story
A BBC Nature report released today features two professors from the Geophysical Institute's Space Physics and Aeronomy group -- Mark Conde and Dirk Lummerzheim. Both scientists are quoted in the story that relays how sounding rockets allow researchers to better understand the aurora and dynamics of the upper atmosphere.
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