Charles Kennel Explained

Charles F. Kennel
Birth Date:20 August 1939
Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
Fields:Plasma physics
Workplaces:NASA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCLA
Education:Harvard College (A.B.)
Princeton University (Ph.D.)
Thesis Title:Low-frequency stability of spatially non-uniform plasmas
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Thesis Year:1964
Doctoral Advisor:Edward A. Frieman
Doctoral Students:Mary Hudson
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Charles F. Kennel (born August 20, 1939) is an American plasma physicist and former Associate Administrator of NASA.[1] [2] He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and won the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in 1997. In 2009, he was advertised by NASA Watch as a potential pick by Barack Obama as the next NASA Administrator.[3]

Early life and career

Kennel received a bachelor's degree in astronomy from Harvard College and a doctorate in astrophysical sciences from Princeton University. His doctoral thesis was advised by Edward A. Frieman.[4]

Charles Kennel was a former Associate Administrator of NASA. He was the director of Mission to Planet Earth, a program during the Clinton Administration to perform a comprehensive survey and observation of our home planet. He was a member and chair of the NASA Advisory Council (NAC) Science Committee which he quit in 2006.[5]

Honors and awards

Kennel was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987[9] and was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 1991.[10] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2003.[11] In 1997, he received the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics from the American Physical Society.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kennel, Charles F., 1939–. history.aip.org. 2020-02-17.
  2. http://www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/fellows/bios/kennel.php CCST Fellow Charles F. Kennel
  3. http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2009/01/the_force_is_st.html The Force Is Strong With This One
  4. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040419/news_mz1b19biobyt.html Biobytes: Charles Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20141205221609/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/28566062/ More names mentioned for NASA post
  6. http://www-chancellor.ucsd.edu/kennelqa.html Q&A with Charles Kennel, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
  7. http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aia/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=E4B19040-6153-494E-A230-B6A4EEEA6F6C&copyid=D2E690C6-91CA-4F4F-9450-5F8827F829DD Obama wants scientist at NASA, sources say
  8. http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/news/article-csap-welcomes-inaugural-visiting-research-fell/ CSaP welcomes inaugural Visiting Research Fellow
  9. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Charles F. Kennel. en-US. 2020-02-17.
  10. Web site: Charles Kennel. www.nasonline.org. 2020-02-17.
  11. Web site: APS Member History. 2021-08-31. search.amphilsoc.org.
  12. Web site: 1997 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics Recipient. American Physical Society. en. 2020-02-17.