Background
Cunnold, Derek Martin was born on July 10, 1940 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Son of Frank Allen and Kathleen Joy (Backhouse) Cunnold. came to the United States 1962.
Cunnold, Derek Martin was born on July 10, 1940 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Son of Frank Allen and Kathleen Joy (Backhouse) Cunnold. came to the United States 1962.
Bachelor with honours, Cambridge (England) University, 1962; Master of Arts in Mathematics, Cambridge (England) University, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Elec. Engineering, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1965.
Research assistant, Cornell Univercity, Arecibo Observatory, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1965;
advisory research engineer, Sylvania Electronic Sys., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1965-1967;
research fellow, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968;
research fellow, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, 1968-1970;
research associate, Department Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-1979;
principal research scientist, School Earth/Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, since 1979. Consultant in field; lecturer in field. Member COSPAR Sub-Commission A-2 (Dynamicsand Climatology of Middle Atmosphere), since 1985, coordinator committee for development global emission inventories International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Program, since 1989, upper atmosphere commission International Association Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
Member numerous international atmospheric science satellite teams, including Upper Atmospher Research Satellite, Infrared Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer, Japan.
Chairman Bedford (Massachusetts) Finance Committee, 1976-1978. Co-president Dunwoody (Georgia) High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1984-1986. Member American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society.
Married Marion Susan Robertson, August 28, 1965. Children: Carolyn, David, Alison.
