George Siscoe
George Siscoe | |
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Born | Lansing, Michigan, USA |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Physicist |
Employer | Boston University |
George L. Siscoe (June 13, 1937 – April 9, 2022) was an American physicist and professor emeritus of
Early life and education
Siscoe was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1937 and studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), receiving his bachelor's degree in 1960 and his doctorate in 1964, both in Physics.[2]
Research career
Siscoe published over 300 peer-reviewed articles (as of 10 October 2019) across a range of topics within space physics.[3] His early career was as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), becoming an assistant professor of physics at MIT in 1966 before moving to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a tenured professor. While at UCLA, he was chair of the Department of Atmospheric Science from 1983 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1993.[2][4][5]
In 1993, he made his final move to Boston University as a research professor. Alongside academic papers, Siscoe co-edited a monograph on space weather[6] and several textbooks on heliophysics.[7][8][9]
He was a
In his retirement he owned and ran the Old Professor's Bookshop in Belfast, Maine.[12]
Awards, honors, and scientific citizenship
- Chair, Committee on Space and Solar Physics (CSSP),
- Chair, Geospace General Circulation Model (GGCM) Steering Committee, National Science Foundation / Geospace Environment Modeling (NSF/GEM), 1997-2000[2][14]
- The James Van Allen Lecture is presented two out of every three years to a space scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of magnetospheric science by the American Geophysical Union. Siscoe received this honor in 1991, only the second time it had been awarded[15][16][2]
- Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1987)[2][10]
- Chair, Panel on Long-Term Solar-Terrestrial Observations, NRC, 1985-1987[2]
- Chair, Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 1986-1987[2][17]
- Chair of NASA's Space Physics Advisory Committee (1985-1991)[4][18]
- Editor of the Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics[2]
References
- ^ "George Siscoe | Center for Space Physics". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Biographical data - George Siscoe" (PDF). 2019-10-10.
- ^ "George Siscoe | Boston University, MA | BU | Department of Astronomy". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-309-58379-4.
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- ^ a b "Fellows Alphabetical List". Honors Program. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "Union Fellows | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "Professor's bookstore a rare find". Bangor Daily News. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ISBN 978-0-309-06885-7.
- ISSN 2324-9250.
- ^ "James Van Allen Lecture | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ISSN 2324-9250.
- ^ Federal Register. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. June 1990.
- ^ Space Physics Strategy--implementation Study: A Report to the Space Physics Subcommittee of the Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1991.
- . Retrieved 2019-10-10.