(personal homepage: http://www-star.stanford.edu/~acfs/)

Research Areas

• Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields
• Undersea Communication and Detection
• High-Sensitivity Magnetic Field Measurement Devices
• Eccentric Dipole Model of the Earth's Magnetic Field

Education

• B.Sc., in Physics and Mathematics,
  University of New Zealand (1959)
• M.Sc. (Hons.), in Nuclear Physics,
  University of New Zealand (1961)
• Ph.D., in Space Physics,
  University of Auckland, New Zealand (1966)
• A.A., in Spanish, Foothill College, California (1996)

Specific Research Interests

• All aspects of low-frequency fluctuations of the Earth's electromagnetic fields including low-frequency radio noise
• The Earth's magnetic field
• Magnetic field gradiometers
• High-sensitivity conventional and superconducting magnetometers
• Undersea communication and detection at low frequencies
• The use of electrodynamic tethers in space to generate low-frequency electromagnetic signals
• Measurement of low-frequency electromagnetic precursors to earthquakes

Other Information

• Author of over 140 technical papers.
• At Stanford since 1968.
• Fellow of (1) the Institute of Physics (London), and (2) the Geological Society of America.
• Senior Member of IEEE.
• Member: American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society (life member), URSI, IAGA.
• Physics Faculty, University of Auckland (1961-1966); Research Scientist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. (1966-1968); Chair of Applied Physics, Naval Postgraduate School (1980, on leave); Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1968-present); Department of Geophysics, Stanford University (1992-present); Associate Chair, with responsibility for graduate student admissions, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1995-2000).
• Advisory Panel, Overhead Power Lines Project, State of New York, 1981-1987.
• Chairman, Russian Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Study, Environmental Working Group, U.S.-Russian Joint Commission ("Gore-Chernomyrdin Commission") on Economic and Technological Cooperation, 1995-1997.

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