Citizenship American Doctoral advisor Sydney Chapman Fields Geophysics | Role University Professor Name Syun-Ichi Akasofu | |
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Born December 4, 1930 (age 93)
Saku, Nagano Prefecture, Japan ( 1930-12-04 ) Institutions University of Alaska Fairbanks Alma mater Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (B.A., 1953; M.S., 1957), University of Alaska Fairbanks (Ph.D., 1961) Thesis A study of magnetic storms and auroras Known for Space physics, Aurora research Notable awards Chapman Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Fellow of the AGU, John Adam Fleming Medal of the AGU, Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence of the University of Alaska, and Order of the Sacred Treasures, Gold and Silver Stars by the Emperor of Japan Education University of Alaska Fairbanks Residence Fairbanks, Alaska, United States People also search for Sydney Chapman, Y. Kamide, Margaret Murie Books Polar and magnetospheric substorms, The Northern Lights: Se, Exploring the Secrets of the Aur | ||
Dr syun ichi akasofu my life at uaf
Syun-Ichi Akasofu (赤祖父 俊一, Akasofu Shun'ichi, born December 4, 1930, Saku, Nagano, Japan) is the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), serving in that position from the center's establishment in 1998 until January 2007. Previously he had been director of the university's Geophysical Institute from 1986.
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- Dr syun ichi akasofu my life at uaf
- Ada grilli interviews prof syun ichi akasofu 12 march 2015 alaska
- Background
- Selected publications
- Awards and honors
- Auroral substorms by dr syun ichi akasofu
- References
Ada grilli interviews prof syun ichi akasofu 12 march 2015 alaska
Background
Akasofu earned a B.S. and a M.S. in geophysics at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 1953 and 1957, respectively. He earned a Ph.D in geophysics at UAF in 1961. Within the framework of his Ph.D. thesis he studied the aurora. His scientific adviser was Sydney Chapman. Akasofu has been a professor of geophysics at UAF since 1964.
Akasofu was director of the Geophysical Institute from 1986 until 1999, during which time the Alaska Volcano Observatory was established and Poker Flat Research Range was modernized. He went on to become the first director of the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) upon its establishment in 1998, and remained in that position until 2007. The same year, the building which houses IARC was named in his honor.
Akasofu has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research (1972–74) and the Journal of Geomagnetism & Geoelectricity (1972–present), respectively. Furthermore, he has served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Planetary Space Science (1969–present), the Editorial Advisory Board of Space Science Reviews (1967–77), and the Editorial Committee of Space Science Reviews (1977–present). As a graduate student, Akasofu was one of the first to understand that the northern aurora was actually an aurora of light surrounding the North Magnetic Pole.
Selected publications
He is an ISI highly cited researcher.