Expertise
Physics of the upper atmosphere & remote sensing, undergraduate & graduate programs
Education
BS Physics/Math – University of Freiburg, Germany
MS (Diploma) Physics – University of Freiburg, Germany
Ph.D. Physics – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Biosketch
Experience:
Ionospheric Research Institute Breisach, Germany (1963-65), Head, Ionospheric Sounding Group.
University of Massachusetts Lowell (1965-2010), Professor and Department Head, Electrical Engineering; Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Department; Founder and Director of the Center for Atmospheric Research. Now Professor Emeritus.
Lowell Digisonde International, LLC (2010 - ), Founder and President.
Development of advanced HF Doppler radar systems for the exploration of geospace plasma from ground and satellites; Global Ionospheric Radio Observatory (GIRO); radio wave propagation; ionosphere and plasmasphere modeling; real time data analysis; data dissemination; >250 publications in peer-reviewed journals/books.