William Feldman
Dr. Feldman was born in 1940. He received a bachelor's degree in physics
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961 and later earned
a doctorate in nuclear structure from Stanford University in 1968. He
has 17 years of experience in analyzing and interpreting solar wind and
magnetospheric data. He has participated in the design of seven plasma
experiments and an energetic electron dosimeter. Dr. Feldman was the Principal
Investigator on a total-absorption neutron spectrometer rocket experiment
and a fast neutron spectrometer launched aboard the Naval Research Laboratory
LAEC spacecraft. He was also a Co-Investigator on a variety of missions,
including Pioneer 10 and 11, IMP 6, 7 and 8, ISEE 1,2 and 3, Mariner 10,
Giotto JPA and the Ulysses Space Plasma Physics Experiments. Dr. Feldman
was also a member of the Mars Observer Gamma Ray Spectrometer Team, with
responsibility for the neutron sensor/charged particle anti-coincidence
shield and is chairman of the Solar Probe Science Study Team. He has authored
or co-authored more than 180 scientific papers.
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