Christopher Thomas Russell

Background

Russell, Christopher Thomas was born on May 9, 1943 in St. Albans, England. Son of Thomas Daniel and Teresa Ada Susan (Mary) Russell. came to the United States, 1964.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Space Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968.

Career

Research geophysicist Institute Geophysics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1981; professor geophysics department earth and space science, Institute Geophysics, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1982. Chairman of Commission on data management and computation National Academy Sciences Space Science Board, 1985-1988, commission D. Committee on Space Research., 1982-1986. Harold Jeffreys lecturer Royal Astronomical Society, 1987.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of flux transfer events, of half-wave rectifier model of reconnection, of semiannual variation of geomagnetic activity model, of Extremely Low Frequency plasmaspheric hiss, of equatorial Extremely Low Frequency noise, of a model of motion of neutral sheet in Earth's magnetic field, of lightning on Venus, of lunarmagnetic anomalies, of Ultra Low Frequency waves in the magnetosphere of Mercury, of mirror instability of Halley's comet, (with others) of near Earth neutral point model of substorms, of the Polar cusp, ofreconnection of the magnetosphere, of overshoots in bow shocks. First measurement of thickness of the magnetopause, of bow shock, of tailcurrent sheet, of field aligned currents. First mapping of lunar magnetic field, of deep electrical conductivity of the moon, of magneticenvironment of Venus, Mars, and Halley's comet.

Works

• book

  • Auroral Processes: AEPS 4

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union (president solar planetary relations section 1988-1990, Macelwane award 1977). Member Planetary Sciences division American Astronomical Society, European Geophysical Society.

Connections

Married Arlene Ann Thompson, June 25, 1966. Children: Jennifer Ann, Danielle Suzanne.

Father:

Thomas Daniel Russell

Mother:

Teresa Ada Susan (Mary) Russell

Spouse:

Arlene Ann Thompson

child:

Jennifer Ann Russell

child:

Danielle Suzanne Russell