Robert F. Pfaff, Jr.

Geospace Physics Branch

Laboratory for Solar and Space Physics

EDUCATION:

     1975 - A.B., Brown University

     1977 - D.E.S., University of Paris

     1985 - Ph.D, Cornell University

Experience:         Principal Investigator, C/NOFS Vector Electric Field Instrument

                            Co-Investigator, San Marco Satellite Electric Field Experiment

                            Co-Investigator, Polar Electric Field Investigation

                            Co-Investigator, Cluster Electric Field Investigation

                            Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of numerous sounding rockets

                            Project Scientist, NASA Sounding Rocket Program

                            Project Scientist, FAST Small Explorer Satellite

                            Campaign Scientist, NASA "Guará" Sounding Rocket Campaign, Brazil

Employment:       1985-present       Space Scientist, Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics,

                                                            NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

                            1985                   Research Support Specialist, School of Electrical

                                                            Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

                            1979-1984          Research Assistant, School of Electrical Engineering,

                                                            Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

                            1977-1979          Teaching Assistant, School of Electrical Engineering,

                                                            Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

                            1976-1977          Stagiaire, Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches

                                                            Aérospatiales (O.N.E.R.A.), Châtillon, France

                            1975                   Research Assistant, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics,

                                                            University of Oslo, Norway

Selected Publications

 “In-situ measurement techniques for ionospheric research,” R. F. Pfaff, Jr., chapter in Modern Ionospheric Science, ed. by H. Kohl, R. Rüster, K. Schlegel, European Geophysical Society, 459-551, 1996.

"DC polarization electric field, current density, and plasma density measurements in the daytime equatorial electrojet," R. Pfaff, M. Acuña, P. Marionni, and N. Trivedi, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1667, 1997.

"Wavevector observations of the two-stream instability in the daytime equatorial electrojet," R. Pfaff, P. Marionni, and W. Swartz, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 1671, 1997.

"Electric field measurements above and within a sporadic-E layer," R. Pfaff, M. Yamamoto, P. Marionni, H. Mori, and S. Fukao, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1769, 1998.

"Initial FAST observations of acceleration processes in the cusp," R. Pfaff et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2037, 1998.

"Rocket probe measurements of electric field irregularities in the polar summer mesosphere," R. Pfaff et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1431, 2001.

 “Electric field, magnetic field, and density measurements on the Active Plasma Experiment,” R. Pfaff et al., J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 41, 521, 2004.