Resumé
Christopher Thomas Russell

 

Positions held:

1982 - Present Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA
1977-1981 Research Geophysicist, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA
1974-1977 Associate Research Geophysicist, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA
1969-1974 Assistant Research Geophysicist, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA

 

Education

Ph.D. Planetary & Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1968
B.Sc. Physics, University of Toronto, 1964

 

Membership in Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union, Fellow
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow
Royal Astronomical Society, Associate of the Society
European Geophysical Society
American Astronomical Society
International Academy of Astronautics, Member Basic Sciences
International Astronomical Union, Commission 49
COSPAR Associate

 

Awards and Honors

American Geophysical Union, Fleming Medal, 2003.

Inaugural speaker, T. B. McCord Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Hawaii, Dec. 2002.

National Academy of Sciences, National Associate, November, 2002.

COSPAR, Space Science Award, October, 2002.

National Aeronautics and Sapce Administration, Principal Investigator, Dawn Mission, 2001.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Co-Investigator, IMPACT Investigation, STEREO Mission, 2000.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Team Member, Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) Mission, 1994.

National Aeronautical Space Administration, Co-investigator (magnetic field investigation) Cassini Mission, 1990.

Space Research Institute, Austria and Space Research Institute, USSR, Co-investigator (magnetic field investigation) Mars-94 mission, 1989.

Space Research Institute, Austria, and Space Research Institute, USSR, Co-investigator (magnetic field investigation) Phobos mission, 1987.

Harold Jeffreys Lecturer, Royal Astronomical Society, 1987.

Space Research Institute, Austria and Space Research Institute, USSR, Co-investigatorship (magnetic fields investigation) Vega mission, 1985.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Principal Investigatorship, Polar magnetic field investigation, International Solar Terrestrial Program, 1982.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Interdisciplinary Scientist, Galileo Mission, 1977.

Macelwane Award, American Geophysical Union, June 1977.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Principal Investigatorship, Lunar Polar Orbiter Mission, 1976.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Principal Investigatorship, Pioneer Venus Orbiter Mission, 1974.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Principal Investigatorship, International Sun-Earth, Explorer Satellites A and B, 1973.

 

Professional Society Service
Service (Scientific Societies)

Committee on Space Research COSPAR  
     Commission D, Space Plasmas in the Solar System,
  Executive Member1979-1982
  Chairman1982-1986
     Panel on Potentially Environmentally Detrimental Activities in Space,
 Member 1978-1982
     Panel 2A. On Active Experiments, Chairman1976-1979
     Working Group 2 on Solar Wind and Magnetospheres,Vice Chairman 1974-1975
     Publications Committee, Member 1972-2000
 
International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
     Working Group on Auroral Oral and Extension into Space, Vice Chairman   1973-1979
 Chairman1979-1983
     Nominations Committee,Member1998-1999
 
International Union of Radio Science
     Working Group on Active Experiments,Chairman1975-1983
     USNC Commission H, Executive Committee Member 1977-1981
 
Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics,
     Liaison Representative for COSPAR   1984-1987
 
American Geophysical Union
      Member   1965-pres.
      Fellow   1977-pres.
      Representative of AGU to USNC/URSI 1977-1983
      Solar Planetary Relations Section, President-elect 1986-1988
  President1988-1990
      Education and Human Resources, Committee Member  1977-1989
  Chairman 1980-1982
     Meetings Committee, Member 1986-1988
  Chair 1990-1992
     Global Change Panel, Member 1989-1992
     Smith Committee Medal Committee, Member 1992-1994
     Public Information Committee, Chair 1994-1996
     Space Physics and Aeronomy, Section Press Officer   1998-2000
 
American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences
      Awards Committee Member   1994-1995

 

Service (Books and Journals)
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1976-1978.
Associate Editor, Proceedings of Sixth Lunar Science Conference.
Editor, Solar Wind Three, Proceedings of Third Solar Wind Conference.
Associate Editor, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 1979-1982.
Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters, 1979-1981.
Editor, Auroral Processes, Proceedings of IAGA Symposium (Seattle 1977), 1979.
Editor, Active Experiments in Space Plasmas, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 1, 1981.
Editor, The IMS Source Book, American Geophysical Union, 1982.
Editor, (with G. E. Morfill and M. S. Hanner), Advances in Space Research, Vol. 4(9),
Dust in Space and Comets, 1984.
Editorial Board, Space Science Reviews, 1983-present.
Editorial Board, Planetary and Space Science, 1984-1988; 2002-present.
Editor, Solar Wind Interactions, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 6(1), 1986.
Regional Editor, Planetary and Space Science, 1988-1998.
Editor, Planetary and Space Science, 1998-2001.
Editor, Multipoint Measurements of Magnetospheric Processes, Advances in Space
Research, Vol. 8, 1988.
Editor, Physics of Magnetic Flux Ropes, American Geophysical Union, 1990.
Editor, Venus Aeronomy, Kluwer Academic Publications, 1991.
Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, 1992-1994.
Editor, The Galileo Mission, Kluwer Academic Publications, 1992.
Editor, The Magnetosheath, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 14(7), Pergamon Press 1994.
Editor, The Physics of Collisionless Shocks, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 15 (8/9)
Pergamon Press, 1995.
Editor (with M. G. Kivelson) Introduction to Space Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Editor, The Global Geospace Mission, Kluwer Academic, 1995.
Editor, The Near Earth Asteroid Mission, 1997.
Editor, Results of the IASTP Program, Elsevier, 1997.
Editor, (with R. Mewaldt and T. von Rosenvinge), The Advanced Composition Explorer Mission Kluwer Academic, 1998.
Editor, Coordinated Measurements of Magnetospheric Processes, Elsevier, 2000.
Editorial Board, Icarus, 2002-present.

 

Service (Program Committees)
Convener, Third Solar Wind Conference, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, March 1974.
Member, Conference on the Interactions of the Interplanetary Plasma with the Modern and Ancient Moon, George Williams College, Lake Geneva Campus, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, October 1974.
Convener, Symposium on Active Experiments in Space Plasmas, Boulder, Colorado, June 1976.
Convener, Symposium on Auroral Oval, Third General Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Seattle, Washington, August 1977.
Convener, General Contributions to Magnetospheric Physics, Third General Assembly of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, Seattle, Washington, August 1977.
Member, International Symposium on Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Innsbruck, Austria, June 1978.
Member, Fourth Solar Wind Conference, Burghausen, West Germany, August 1978.
Member, Chapman Conference on Magnetospheric Substorms, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 1978.
Member, Origins of Planetary Magnetism, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, November 1978.
Member, First International Conference on IMS Results, Melbourne, Australia, November 1979.
Convener, Symposium on Active Experiments, XXIIIrd Plenary Meeting of COSPAR, Budapest, Hungary, June 1980.
Convener, IMS Assessment Symposium, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, May 1981.
Member, AGU Chapman Conference on Waves in Magnetospheric Plasmas, Kona Coast, Hawaii, February 1983.
Member, AGU Chapman Conference on Magnetic Reconnection, Los Alamos, New Mexico, October 1983.
Member, Conference on Planetary Plasma Environments: A Comparative View, Yosemite, California, January 1984.
Member, AGU Chapman Conference on Collisionless Shocks, Napa Valley, California, February 1984.
Member, Solar Terrestrial Predictions Workshop, Meudon, France, June 1984.
Member, COSPAR XXV Meeting, Graz, Austria, June 1984.
Member, Comparative Study of Magnetospheric Systems, La Londe des Maures, France, September 1985.
Member, International Symposium on Solar Terrestrial Physics, Toulouse, France, July 1986.
Convener, Solar Wind Interactions Symposium, 26th COSPAR Meeting, Toulouse, France, July 1986.
Convener, Multipoint Measurements of Magnetospheric Processes Symposium, Helsinki, Finland, July 1988.
Convener, Chapman Conference on Physics of Magnetic Flux Ropes, Bermuda, March 1989.
Member, Transition Regions in Solar System Plasmas, Yosemite, CA, February 1990.
Member, Symposium on Martian Plasma Environment, COSPAR XXVIII, Den Haag, The Netherlands, July 1990.
Convener, Symposium on Physics and Predictions of Magnetic Storms and Disturbances, IUGG General Assembly, Vienna, August 1991.
Convener, Symposium on Mass Loading of the Solar Wind Throughout the Solar System, IUGG General Assembly, Vienna, August 1991.
Convener, GEM Workshop on Boundary Layer Campaign, UCLA, September 1991.
Chairman Magnetospheric Working Group, Solar Terrestrial Predictions Workshop, Ottawa, May, 1992.
Member, Scientific Program Committee, Symposium on the Study of the Solar- Terrestrial System, Kellarney, June 1992.
Convener, GEM Workshop on Boundary Layer Campaign, Snowmass Colorado, June 1992-1997.
Convener, Special Session on Signatures of Solar Wind-Magnetosphere and Solar Wind- Ionosphere Coupling, Western Pacific Geophysics, Meeting, Hong Kong, August 1992.
Member, Fourth COSPAR Colloquium, Critical Problems in the Plasma Environments of Comets and other Non-Magnetized and Weakly Magnetized Bodies, Ann Arbor, August 1992.
Convener, COSPAR Symposium on the Magnetosheath as the Interface between the Magnetopause and the Bow Shock, Washington, DC, August 1992.
Coconvener, GEM Workshop on Boundary Layer Campaign, Snowmass Colorado, June 1993.
Member, Program Committee, IAGA Workshop on Collisionless Shocks, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1993.
Member, Program Committee, AGU Chapman Conference on the Magnetopause and its Boundary Layers, San Diego, March 1994.
Coconvener, AGU All Union Session on Space Exploration: Geophysics of New Worlds, Spring National Meeting, Baltimore, May 1994.
Coconvener, AGU Special Session on Space Weather, Spring National Meeting Baltimore, May 1994.
Coconvener, GEM Workshop on Boundary Layer Campaign, Snowmass Colorado, June 1994, June 1995, June 1996.
Convener, COSPAR Symposium on the Physics of Collisionless Shocks, Hamburg, Germany, July 1994.
Coconvener, IAGA Symposium on Magnetosheath, Magnetopause, Boundary Layers and Cusp: A Coupled System, Boulder, Colorado, July 1995.
Coconvener, IAGA Symposium on Wave Response of Magnetosphere to Solar Wind Energy Input, Boulder, Colorado, July 1995.
Coconvener, IAGA Symposium on Planetary Bow Shocks, Boulder, Colorado, July 1995.
Convener, COSPAR Symposium on the Results of the IASTP Program, Birmingham, UK, July 1996.
Member, Program Committee, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Brisbane, Australia, July 1996.
Member, Program Committee, AAS/Division of Planetary Sciences, Annual Meeting, October 1996.
Convener, COSPAR Symposium on Coordinated Measurements of Magnetospheric Processes, Nagoya, Japan, July 1998.
Convener, Special Session on Aurora and Magnetospheric Processes of the Outer Planets, Taipei, Taiwan, July 1998.
Member, Program Committee, AGU Chapman Conference on Magnetospheric Currents, Kona, Hawaii, January 1999.
Convener, GEM Workshop, Special Session on Pulsations, June 1999.
Member Program Committee, Magnetospheres of Outer Planets, August 1999.
Member, Program Committee AGU Chapman Conference on Space Weather, Clearwater, Florida, March 2000.
Deputy Organizer: COSPAR Symposium on "Io: The heart of the jovian system" Warsaw, July 2000.
Convener, AGU Special Session on the Bow Shock, Magnetosheath and Magnetopause, Fall National AGU Meeting, San Francisco, December 2000.
Member, Program Committee, AGU Chapman Conference on Storm-Substorm Relationship, Lonavala, India, March 2001.
Member, Program Committee, Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere, Boulder, Colorado, July 2001.
Main Scientific Organizer, COSPAR Symposium on Comparative Planetary Magnetospheres, Houston, TX, October 2002.

 

Service (Ad Hoc Committees)
AMPS Review Panel, NASA, 1976.
Explorer Mission Advisory Committee, NASA, 1977.
Spacelab Payload Advisory Panel, NASA, 1978.
Solar Terrestrial Observatory Study Group, NASA, 1979-1980.
Starprobe Mission Definition Team, JPL, 1981.
Targetted Mission Advisory Panel, JPL, 1981.
Mars Geoscience Climatology Orbiter, NASA, 1983-1985.
NASA Center - University Relations Subcommittee, NASA, 1983-1984.
Search Committee for Editor of Radio Science, Chair, 1983.
Consultant, International Halley Watch, Large-Scale Phenomena Discipline, 1984-1986.
Search Committee for Editor of Geophysical Research Letters, 1985.
Mars Aeronomy Observer, Science Study Team, NASA, 1985.
Major Directions in Space Science, 1995-2015, National Academy of Sciences, 1984-1986.
Search Committee for Co-Editor of Geophysical Research Letters, Chairman, 1986.
Search Committee for Co-Editor of Geophysical Research Letters, 1988.
Astrophysics and Astronomy Survey Committee, NAS, member of both Planetary and Computing Panels, 1989-1990.
National Academy of Science, Advisory Committee on Space Age Television Project, 1989-1992.
NSF, Coordinator, Geospace Environment Modeling program, 1991-present.
STEP Working Group 6.4 SCOSTEP, 1991-present.
NRC/NAS Study Panel, Executive Committee, Geomagnetic Initiative, 1992.
NRC/NAS Study Panel, Executive Committee, Toward a National Collaboratory, 1991-1992.
Galileo IDS, NASA Review Panel, 1992.
Search Committee for Editor-in-Chief of USNC Quadrennial Report to IUGG, Chairman, 1992-1993.
NRC/NAS Committee on the Long Term Retention of Scientific and Technical Records of the Federal Government, Chairman, Panel on Space Sciences, 1993-1994.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Planning Committee, 1993-1994. Member, NASA/SPD,
Grand Tour Cluster, Planning Committee, 1991-1994.
NRC/NAS Panel to Review the Explorer Program, 1996.
Sun Earth Connections Roadmap Integration Team, NASA; Chair, campaign on Earth's Space Environment, 1996.
NRC/NAS Task Group on the Research and Analysis Program, 1996-1998.
NASA Geospace Multiprobe Science Design Team, 1996-1998.
NASA Multiscale Science Design Team 1998-2001.
NRC/NAS Decadal Study of Sun-Earth Connections, Panel on Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Interactions, Chair, 2001-present.

 

Service (Standing Committees)
Member, Space Science Advisory Committee, Office of Space Science, NASA, 1978-1982.
Member, Science Oversight Committee, Air Force Geophysics Research Labs., 1976-1983.
Member, National Space Science Data Center Advisory Board, 1980-1983.
Member, Science Steering Group, Pioneer Venus Mission, 1974-1994.
Member, Orbital Mission Operations Planning Committee, Pioneer Venus Mission, 1978-1993.
Vice-chairman, Solar Wind Ionosphere Working Group, Pioneer Venus Mission, 1980-1993.
Member, Science Working Team, International Sun-Earth Explorer Mission, 1973-1991.
Member, Project Science Group, Galileo Mission, 1977-present.
Member, Science Working Group, International Solar Terrestrial Program, 1982-present.
Chairman, Planetary Science Data Steering Group, 1983-1984; 1991-1995. Member 1985-1990.
Member, Space Science Board, National Academy of Science, 1984-1988.
Chairman, Committee on Data Management and Computation, National Academy of Science, 1984-1988.
Advisor, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1985-1993.
Member, Planetary Data System, Management Council, 1986-1991.
Chair, Steering Committee, International Jupiter Watch, 1986-1990; member 1991-present.
Member, Planning and Advisory Committee, Space Data and Computing Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, 1986-1991.
Member, Advisory Committee, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Los Alamos, 1988-1998 and 2001-present.
Member, Science Advisory Panel, National Geophysical Data Center, 1990-1995.
Member, Space Physics Division, Management Operations Working Group on Data Systems, 1991-1993.
Member, Cal Space Advisory Board, 2001-2004.