Carl-Gunne Fälthammar#


Carl-Gunne Fälthammar
Sadly, this member passed away.
Membership Number:906
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Elected:1990
Main Country of Residence:SWEDEN


Carl-Gunne Fälthammar passed away September 22, 2022.

Positions Held
  • 1997 Professor Emeritus, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1969 - 1997 Professor of Plasma Physics, KTH
  • 1967 - 1997 Chairman of the Department of Plasma Physics, KTH
  • 1960 - 1967 Various research positions, Dept. Plasma Physics, KTH
  • 1957 - 1960 Research Assistant, Theoretical Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1960 - 1967 Various research positions, Dept. Plasma Physics, KTH

Fields of Scholarship
  • Space plasma physics
  • Physics of the aurora
  • Auroral acceleration
  • Electric fields in space plasma

Honours and Awards
  • 1975 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
  • 1992 - 1997 Chairman of the section for Astronomy and Space Science
  • Member of the Academy Council (May 1993 - April 1999)
  • 1986 Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
  • 1991 Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1989 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oulu, Finland
  • 1996 Titular Member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
  • 1996 Recipient of the Basic Sciences Award of the International Academy of Astronautics
  • Recipient of the 1996 Golden Badge Award of the European Geophysical Society
  • Recipient of the 1998 Hannes Alfven Medal of the European Geophysical Society


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