Lennard Fisk#
Membership Number: | 2045 |
Membership type: | FOREIGN |
Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2000 |
Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Homepage(s): | http://clasp.engin.umich.edu/people/lafisk/FACULTY |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003-2006 Thomas M. Donahue Collegiate Professor of Space Science in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan
- 1993-2003 Chairman in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan
- since 1987 Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- 1977-1987 Vice President for Research and Financial Affairs, Professor and Associate Professor at University of New Hampshire
- 1971-1977 Astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1969-1971 Astrophysicist at the National Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Goddard
Fields of Scholarship
- Development of new theoretical concepts and models for the behavior of the solar atmosphere
- Development of new theoretical concepts for the acceleration and behavior of energetic particles in the heliosphere
- Development of new theoretical concepts and models for interstellar neutral gas and dust behavior in the heliosphere
- Development of new theoretical concepts and models for interaction between the heliosphere and local interstellar medium
- Development of new flight hardware to measure the composition of plasmas in the heliosphere
Honours and Awards
- 2006 Thomas M. Donahue Distinguished University Professor of Space Science
- 2004 National Associate, National Academies of Sciences
- 2003 Thomas M. Donahue Collegiate Professor of Space Science
- 2003 Member, National Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
- 1999 American Geophysical Union Parker Lecture
- 1997 International Academy of Astronautics Basic Science Award
- 1994 AIAA Space Science Award
- 1993 Member, International Academy of Astronautics