Dr. Timothy L. Killeen is the Director of the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR). In that role he has overall responsibility
for the scientific, technical, and educational activities of the
Center, which has an annual budget of over $130M and is home to over
800 permanent scientific and technical staff. NCAR has extensive
observational and computational facilities that are used to support
basic and applied research in atmospheric and related sciences on
behalf of the university community. Dr. Killeen is also a senior
scientist at the High Altitude Observatory (HAO) where he leads an
experimental and theoretical program in upper atmosphere research.
Prior to his recent move to NCAR, Dr. Killeen was full Professor of
Atmospheric and Space Sciences at the University of Michigan (UM). He
was the Director of the UM's Space Physics Research Laboratory from
1993 to 1998 and Associate Vice President for Research from 1997 to
1999. Dr. Killeen leads a research group of scientists and engineers
working in the field of aeronomy, using a combination of theoretical
and experimental techniques to investigate the dynamics, chemistry and
composition of the upper atmospheres of the Earth and other planets.
Dr. Killeen has authored over 140 publications in refereed journals.
Dr. Killeen received a BSc in Physics in 1972 and a Ph.D. in Atomic
and Molecular Physics from University College London in 1975. He is a
U.S. citizen.
Dr. Killeen is or has been the Principal Investigator for many
research projects for NASA, NSF, and the U.S. Air Force. These programs
include an extensive ground-based network of remote automated optical
observatories, including two in Greenland, one in Michigan, one in
Chile, and one in Northern Canada. Dr. Killeen is the Principal
Investigator for the Fabry-Perot interferometer investigation on the
NASA Dynamics Explorer spacecraft and the interferometer investigation
on the NASA TIMED spacecraft. He also has 15 years experience working
under Air Force and NSF sponsorship to develop specification and
predictive models of the terrestrial upper atmosphere and ionosphere.
Current work includes the deployment of an operational nested-grid
numerical general circulation model of the ionosphere and
thermosphere/mesosphere. Dr. Killeen has taught many courses at both
undergraduate and graduate levels, including an innovative introductory
course sequence for non-science majors dealing with the physical and
human impacts of global change.
Dr. Killeen is the immediate past President of the Space Physics and
Aeronomy section of the American Geophysical Union. He is a current
member of the NSF Advisory Committee for Geosciences. He was chair of
the NASA Space Physics Subcommittee (SPS) from 1991-94 and also served
on the NASA Space Sciences and Applications Committee (SSAAC) and its
executive committee. He was a former chair of the NSF CEDAR Advisory
Committee and has served on the NSF Long Range planning committee for
Atmospheric Sciences. He is a past member of the NSF Advisory Committee
for Atmospheric Sciences and the Academy of Sciences - Committee for
Solar-Terrestrial Research. He was the Chair for the NASA TIMED Science
Definition Group. He has served as Associate Editor for the Journal of
Geophysical Research and is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of
Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics. He is also the Chair of
Commission C.1 of COSPAR (Ionosphere and Thermosphere).
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