E-mail Bill.Peterson@lasp.colorado.edu
2001-Present Research Associate, University of Colorado, LASP
2002-2004 Geospace Sciences Discipline Scientist, NASA Headquarters,
Washington DC (3/4 time appointment)
1977-2001 Research Scientist, Lockheed Martin Space Physics Laboratory
Professional Interests:
Obtaining and using observations from ground and space based instruments
to characterize the Earth's plasma environment to test models and theories
attempting to describe it.
Education:
BS, with honors, 1964 Engineering Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder.
PhD. Physics, 1971, University of Colorado, Boulder
Post doctoral studies at the Deutches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
1971-1973, and at The Johns Hopkins University, 1973-1977.
Professional Recognition:
Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Ottawa, Canada, 1993.
Principal Investigator on the NASA Polar/TIMAS Instrument
and the CRRES Chemical Release Program.
Co-Investigator on several mass spectrometer investigations on the NASA Dynamics Explorer,
AMPTE, FAST, and ISTP/Polar satellite programs.
Professional Service:
2005- Secretary of the Electronic Geophysical Year.
2002-2004 Discipline Scientist for magnetospheric physics at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC.
2000 Co-chair of the GEM working group on mass exchange.
1997-2005 Member Science and Technology Definition Team for the Global Electrodynamics (GED) program.
1993-1997 Space Physics Data System, Magnetospheric Steering Committee.
Public Service: Downtown Palo Alto Farmers' Market Inc. (1983-1997) Downtown Park North Neighborhood Association (1985-1997) Palo Alto Civic League (1993-1997)Traditional and Electronic Publications Over 200 publications on the subjects of atomic collision physics, polarized electrons, atmospheric photoelectrons, composition and dynamics of the mid and high altitude magnetospheric and auroral plasma, ion acceleration processes, and image processing. Web sites created and maintained: