SYUN-ICHI AKASOFU - CURRICULUM VITAE

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DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH:
   December 4, 1930, Nagano-ken, Japan (US Citizen)

EDUCATION:
   B.S. Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1953
   M.S. Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1957
   Ph.D. Geophysics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 1961

EDUCATION:EXPERIENCE:
   Director, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1998-present
   Director, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1986-1999
   Head, Department of Physics, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1984-86
   Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 1983-present
   Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, 1964-1986
   Associate Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, 1962-64
   Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, 1961-62
   Research Assistant in Geophysics, Geophysical Institute, 1958-61
   Senior Research Assistant, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, 1953-55
   Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1972-74
   Associate Editor, Journal of Geomagnetism & Geoelectricity, 1972-present
   Editorial Advisory Board, Planetary Space Science, 1969-present
   Editorial Advisory Board, Space Science Reviews, 1967-77
   Member, Editorial Committee, Space Science Reviews, 1977-present

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Geophysical Union
• Inter-Union Commission on Solar-Terrestrial Physics
• International Union of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy
• Phi Kappa Phi Society
• Sigma Xi Society
• Society of Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity in Japan

AWARDS AND HONORS:

• The Chapman Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society in England, 1976
• The Japan Academy Award, 1977
• Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1977
• John Adam Fleming Medal, American Geophysical Union, 1979
• Distinguished Alumnus, University of Alaska, 1980
• The 1,000 Most-Cited Contemporary Scientists (Current Contents), 1981
• Special Lecture for the Emperor of Japan on the aurora, October 3, 1985
• First recipient of the Sydney Chapman Chair professorship, University of Alaska, 1985
• Member of the International Academy of Aeronautics, Paris, 1986
• Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America, 1987
• "Centennial Alumni", National Assoc. of State Universities & Land Grant Colleges, 1987
• Japan Foreign Minister's Award for Promoting International Relations and Cultural Exchange between Japan and Alaska, 1993
• Japan Posts and Telecommunications Minister Award for Contributions to the US-Japan Joint Project on Environmental Science in Alaska, 1996
• Edith R. Bullock Prize for Excellence, 1997
• Alaskan of the Year-Denali Award, 1999
• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001
• Named One of the World?s Most Cited Authors in Space Physics by Current Contents ISI, 2002
• Aurora Award, Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau, 2003
• The Order of the Sacred Treasure--Gold and Silver Stars, by The Emperor of Japan, 2003

PUBLICATIONS:

Books

• Akasofu, S.-I., Polar and Magnetospheric Substorms, D. Reidel Pub. Co., Dordrecht, Holland, 1968, (also a Russian edition).
• Akasofu, S.-I., B. Fogle, and B. Haurwitz, Sydney Chapman, Eighty, published by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the Publishing Service of the University of Colorado, 1968.
• Akasofu, S.-I. and S. Chapman, Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, 1972, (also a Russian and Chinese edition).
• Akasofu, S.-I., The Aurora: A Discharge Phenomenon Surrounding the Earth, (in Japanese), Chuo-koran- sha, Tokyo, Japan.
• Akasofu, S.-I., Physics of Magnetospheric Substorms, D. Reidel, Pub. Co., Dordrecht, Holland, 1977.
• Akasofu, S.-I., Aurora Borealis: The Amazing Northern Lights, Alaska Geographic Society, Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., 6, 2, 1979, (also a Japanese edition).
• Akasofu, S.-I. (ed.), Dynamics of the Magnetosphere, D. Reidel Pub. Co., Dordrecht, Holland, 1979.
• Akasofu, S.-I. and J.R. Kan (eds.), Physics of Auroral Arc Formation, Am. Geophys. Union, Washington, D.C., 1981.
• Akasofu, S.-I. and Y. Kamide (eds.), The Solar Wind and the Earth, Geophys. Astrophys. Monographs, Terra Scientific Pub. Co., Tokyo, Japan, and D. Reidel Pub. Co., Dordrecht, Holland, 1987.
• Akasofu, S.-I., Secrets of the Aurora Borealis, Alaska Geographic Society, Banta Publications Group/Hart Press, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2002.
• Akasofu, S.-I. Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 2002.

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