Paul A. Bernhardt

Paul A. Bernhardt (Fellow, IEEE) received the B.S. degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, in 1971, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, in 1972 and 1976, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He has been a Principal Investigator on a number of NASA and DOD sponsored experiments. His theoretical research interests include modeling of nonlinear interactions of high-power radio waves in the ionosphere, numerical solutions of partial differential equations for fluids and waves, and reconstruction algorithms for tomographic imaging. He is currently the Head of the Space Use and Plasma Environment Research Section with the Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA. He has authored over 165 articles in refereed journals. His current research interests include remote sensing of the upper atmosphere using radio techniques, including computerized ionospheric tomography, optical excitation by high power radio waves, and radar diagnostics space shuttle engine burns. Dr. Bernhardt is a fellow of the American Physical Society. He was the Chairman for Commission H of the United States National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science from 1994 to 1997, and the Subcommission C4/D4 on Active Experiments of COSPAR Experiments from 1998 to 2004, a member and Books-Board Editor of the American Geophysical Union, and an Associate Editor of Radio Science. His awards and honors include the NSF CEDAR Prize Lecture in June 2010 and the E.O. Hulburt Annual Science Award at NRL in June 2012.