Leonard Strachan is an astrophysicist who works on instrumentation to study the Sun's corona and solar wind.[1] He currently works at the United States Naval Research Laboratory where he is the principal investigator for the Ultraviolet Spectro-Coronagraph (UVSC) Pathfinder,[2] and serves on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Solar and Space Physics.[3]

Leonard Strachan
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
AwardsNASA Group Achievement Award for Spartan 201
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics, Solar Physics
InstitutionsUnited States Naval Research Laboratory, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
ThesisMeasurement of outflow velocities in the solar corona (1990)
Doctoral advisorJohn L. Kohl

References edit

  1. ^ Oluseyi, H. M. (July 2007). "Contributions from the First Half-Century of African American Astronomers with a Focus on Solar Physics". African Sky. 11: 42. Bibcode:2007AfrSk..11...42O.
  2. ^ "NASA TechPort". techport.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  3. ^ "Committee on Solar and Space Physics". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2020.