Leonard Strachan
Leonard Strachan | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | |
| Awards | NASA Group Achievement Award for Spartan 201 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Solar Physics |
| Institutions | United States Naval Research Laboratory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Thesis | Measurement of outflow velocities in the solar corona[1] (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | John L. Kohl |
Leonard Strachan is an astrophysicist who works on instrumentation to study the Sun's corona and solar wind.[2] He currently works at the United States Naval Research Laboratory where he is the principal investigator for the Ultraviolet Spectro-Coronagraph (UVSC) Pathfinder,[3] and serves on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Solar and Space Physics.[4]
References[]
- ^ Strachan, Leonard (1990). Measurement of outflow velocities in the solar corona (PhD). Harvard University.
- ^ Oluseyi, H. M. (July 2007). "Contributions from the First Half-Century of African American Astronomers with a Focus on Solar Physics". African Sky. 11: 42. Bibcode:2007AfrSk..11...42O.
- ^ "NASA TechPort". techport.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ^ "Committee on Solar and Space Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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