Background
Kopp, Roger Alan was born on February 17, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Walter John and Dena Blanche (Hill) Kopp.
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Roger Alan Kopp, American Physicist, researcher. Parker scholar Harvard University, Cambridge, 1963; National Aeronautics and Space Administration travel grantee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1983, 85, 87, Research grantee Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1988-1993; recipient Nuclear Weapons Program award of Excellence, 1993.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1961; Master of Arts in Astronomy, Harvard University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, Harvard University, 1968.
Career
Research scientist, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, 1966-1976;
staff member, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1976. Lecturer U. Colorado, Boulder, 1970-1971, 76-77. Visiting scientist Max-Planck-Institute fuer Physik und Astrophysik, Munich, 1971-1972, 79-80.
Guest professor.U. Florence, Italy, 1988. Associate scientist National Aeronautics and Space Administration-European Space Agency SOHO Project, since 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Board member Parks and Open Space advisory county, Boulder, 1975. Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married Joyce Elizabeth Schrage, June 23, 1962. Children: Gregory, Lorene, Duane.
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Awards
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Parker scholar Harvard University, Cambridge, 1963. National Aeronautics and Space Administration travel grantee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1983, 85, 87, Research grantee Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1988-1993. Recipient Nuclear Weapons Program award of Excellence, 1993.Parker scholar Harvard University, Cambridge, 1963. National Aeronautics and Space Administration travel grantee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1983, 85, 87, Research grantee Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1988-1993. Recipient Nuclear Weapons Program award of Excellence, 1993.