Robert Keith Kirkwood

Background

Kirkwood, Robert Keith was born on March 10, 1961 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Son of Robert Lord and Patricia Cathrine Kirkwood.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1982; Master of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1984; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989.

Career

Research assistant department electrical engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1982-1984; member technical staff, TRW Space and Technology Group, Redondo Beach, California, 1984-1985; research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1985-1989; visiting scientist Plasma Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1992-1994; postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1989-1991; research associate geophysics division, Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1991-1992; physicist, Air Force Phillips Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 1992-1994; physicist, Lawrence Livermore (California) Laboratory, since 1994.

Achievements

• Robert Keith Kirkwood has been listed as a noteworthy Applied physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Physical Society (Simon Ramo award in plasma physics 1991), American Geophysical Union.

Connections

Married Kimberly DeNeve Saunders, May 2, 1991. 1 child, Rebekah Marie.

Father:

Robert Lord Kirkwood

Mother:

Patricia Cathrine Kirkwood

Spouse:

Kimberly DeNeve Saunders

child:

Rebekah Marie Kirkwood