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HOWARD J. SINGER is chief scientist at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. Previously, he served
as the chief of the research and development division of the Space Environment Center (SEC) and as the
project leader for the current and future NOAA Space Environment Monitor instruments on the GOES
spacecraft and the responsible scientist for the GOES spacecraft magnetometers. Prior to joining SEC, Dr.
Singer was with the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, where he was the principal experimenter for the
fluxgate magnetometer on the joint USAF-NASA Combined Release and Radiation Effects satellite. His
research is in the area of solar-terrestrial interactions, ultralow-frequency waves, geomagnetic disturbances,
storms, and substorms. He has received awards from the Air Force, NASA, and NOAA, including the
prestigious Department of Commerce Gold Medal for Leadership, and he is the recipient of the Antarctica
Service Medal for spending more than 1 year at South Pole Station, Antarctica, where a geographic feature
is named for him. Dr. Singer received his Ph.D. in space physics and geophysics from UCLA. He is currently on the NSF Geospace Environment Modeling Steering Committee and is Editor’s Choice Editor of
Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications. Dr. Singer has served on various
NASA and NSF committees, including service on the NASA Living with a Star Geospace Mission Definition
Team. He served on the NRC’s 2003 Solar and Space Physics Survey Panel on Atmosphere-IonosphereMagnetosphere Interactions and on the Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
HARLAN E. SPENCE is a professor of physics and director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans
and Space at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to that, Dr. Spence was a professor and department
chair of the Department of Astronomy and a member of the Center for Space Physics at Boston University.
He has also served as a senior member of the technical staff at the Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Spence’s
research interests include theoretical and experimental space plasma physics, cosmic rays and radiation
belt processes, and the physics of the heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres, and the aurora. He received
his Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from UCLA. Dr. Spence has served on multiple NASA and NSF
advisory panels, including the NASA Living with a Star Management Operations Working Group and the
NASA Earth-Sun System Subcommittee. He previously served on the NRC’s Panel on Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Interactions, Panel on Space Sciences, and Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
EDWARD C. STONE is the David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech) and vice provost for special projects. He is a former director of JPL. Dr. Stone served as the chair
of Caltech’s Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy and oversaw the development of the Keck
Observatory as vice president for astronomical facilities and chairman of the California Association for
Research in Astronomy. Since 1972, Dr. Stone has been the project scientist for the Voyager mission at JPL,
coordinating the scientific study of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and Voyager’s continuing exploration of the outer heliosphere and search for the edge of interstellar space. Following his first instrument on
a Discoverer satellite in 1961, Dr. Stone has been a principal investigator on nine NASA spacecraft and
a co-investigator on five other NASA missions for which he developed instruments for studying galactic
cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, and planetary magnetospheres. Dr. Stone is a member of the NAS
and the American Philosophical Society, president of the IAA, and a vice president of COSPAR. Among
his awards and honors, he has received the National Medal of Science from President Bush, the Magellanic Premium from the American Philosophical Society, and Distinguished Service Medals from NASA. In
1996, an asteroid (5841) was named after him. Dr. Stone received his Ph.D. in physics from the University
of Chicago. He has served on the NRC Planning Committee for a Workshop on “Sharing the Adventure
with the Public”—Communicating the Value and Excitement of “Grand Questions” in Space Science and
Exploration, the Committee on the Scientific Context for Space Exploration, and the SSB.
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
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SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS: A SCIENCE FOR A TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY
HOWARD J. SINGER is chief scientist at the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. Previously, he served
as the chief of the research and development division of the Space Environment Center (SEC) and as the
project leader for the current and future NOAA Space Environment Monitor instruments on the GOES
spacecraft and the responsible scientist for the GOES spacecraft magnetometers. Prior to joining SEC, Dr.
Singer was with the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, where he was the principal experimenter for the
fluxgate magnetometer on the joint USAF-NASA Combined Release and Radiation Effects satellite. His
research is in the area of solar-terrestrial interactions, ultralow-frequency waves, geomagnetic disturbances,
storms, and substorms. He has received awards from the Air Force, NASA, and NOAA, including the
prestigious Department of Commerce Gold Medal for Leadership, and he is the recipient of the Antarctica
Service Medal for spending more than 1 year at South Pole Station, Antarctica, where a geographic feature
is named for him. Dr. Singer received his Ph.D. in space physics and geophysics from UCLA. He is currently on the NSF Geospace Environment Modeling Steering Committee and is Editor’s Choice Editor of
Space Weather: The International Journal of Research and Applications. Dr. Singer has served on various
NASA and NSF committees, including service on the NASA Living with a Star Geospace Mission Definition
Team. He served on the NRC’s 2003 Solar and Space Physics Survey Panel on Atmosphere-IonosphereMagnetosphere Interactions and on the Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
HARLAN E. SPENCE is a professor of physics and director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans
and Space at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to that, Dr. Spence was a professor and department
chair of the Department of Astronomy and a member of the Center for Space Physics at Boston University.
He has also served as a senior member of the technical staff at the Aerospace Corporation. Dr. Spence’s
research interests include theoretical and experimental space plasma physics, cosmic rays and radiation
belt processes, and the physics of the heliosphere, planetary magnetospheres, and the aurora. He received
his Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from UCLA. Dr. Spence has served on multiple NASA and NSF
advisory panels, including the NASA Living with a Star Management Operations Working Group and the
NASA Earth-Sun System Subcommittee. He previously served on the NRC’s Panel on Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Interactions, Panel on Space Sciences, and Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
EDWARD C. STONE is the David Morrisroe Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech) and vice provost for special projects. He is a former director of JPL. Dr. Stone served as the chair
of Caltech’s Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy and oversaw the development of the Keck
Observatory as vice president for astronomical facilities and chairman of the California Association for
Research in Astronomy. Since 1972, Dr. Stone has been the project scientist for the Voyager mission at JPL,
coordinating the scientific study of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune and Voyager’s continuing exploration of the outer heliosphere and search for the edge of interstellar space. Following his first instrument on
a Discoverer satellite in 1961, Dr. Stone has been a principal investigator on nine NASA spacecraft and
a co-investigator on five other NASA missions for which he developed instruments for studying galactic
cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, and planetary magnetospheres. Dr. Stone is a member of the NAS
and the American Philosophical Society, president of the IAA, and a vice president of COSPAR. Among
his awards and honors, he has received the National Medal of Science from President Bush, the Magellanic Premium from the American Philosophical Society, and Distinguished Service Medals from NASA. In
1996, an asteroid (5841) was named after him. Dr. Stone received his Ph.D. in physics from the University
of Chicago. He has served on the NRC Planning Committee for a Workshop on “Sharing the Adventure
with the Public”—Communicating the Value and Excitement of “Grand Questions” in Space Science and
Exploration, the Committee on the Scientific Context for Space Exploration, and the SSB.