Background
Johnstone, Alan David was born on November 23, 1939 in Bewcastle, Cumbria, England. Son of Norman William and Mabel Phyllis (Mutton) Johnstone.
researcher space science educator
Johnstone, Alan David was born on November 23, 1939 in Bewcastle, Cumbria, England. Son of Norman William and Mabel Phyllis (Mutton) Johnstone.
Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1961. Master of Science, Chelsea (England) College, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Alaska, 1970.
Science officer, Radio and Space Research Station, England, 1961-1967; research assistant, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1967-1970; resident research associate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1970-1972; research fellow, lecturer, then reader space science, University College, London, since 1972; professor, University College, London, since 1992.
Member American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society.
Married Jancis Marie Trumper, September 28, 1963 (divorced January 1994). Children: Andrew William, Helen Elizabeth, David Michael. Married Svetlana Ivanovna Yegorova, February 5, 1994.
1 child, Nadia Alanovna.