Robert Helliwell (Sept. 2, 1920 – May 3, 2011)
Position :
Emeritus Professor
Bio :
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/may/robert-helliwell-obit-052011.html
Research Areas
- Magnetospheric Research
- Electromagnetic Theory
- Radioscience
Education
- A.B., Stanford University
- M.A., Stanford University
- E.E., Stanford University
- Ph.D., Stanford University
Specific Research Interests
- EM Wave Propagation in the ionosphere and magnetosphere
- Remote sensing of the magnetosphere using VLF waves
- Wave-particle interactions
- Satellite observations of plasma waves
Other Information
- On Stanford Faculty since 1946
- Fellow IEEE; Fellow American Geophysical Union
- Member: National Academy of Sciences; URSI; Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi; Antarctican Society; American Association for the Advancement ofScience; Director, California Microwave Inc.; Past Chairman of International Commission IV of URSI; Past Chairman of Space Physics Committee of the Space Science Board; Director, CSSA; Past President [elect] Solar Terrestrial Physics section of the AGU
- Awards: Antarctic Service Medal, 1966; Appleton Prize of the Royal Society, 1972.
- Author of over 90 scientific and technical papers and one book.
