Dr. Gordon Shepherd
Fellow
Current Employer
York University
Election Year
1981
Academy
Academy of Science
Discipline
Physics
Department
CRESS
Keywords
Space, atmosphere, dynamics, oxygen, interferometry
Since 1953, Professor Gordon Shepherd has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the physics of the magnetosphere and of the aurora. He has been a recognized leader in Canadian magnetospheric research for some years. He has developed and used ingenious optical instruments for ground, rocket and satellite observations of magnetospheric phenomena in Canada, Europe and elsewhere, as an individual, and as a member of a number of international research groups. He is continually invited to address international symposia on magnetospheric physics.
He has published nearly 90 papers and supervised the research of 17 M.Sc., and 13 Ph.D students at the University of Saskatchewan and York University. In a very strong competition, he was recently designated by NASA as Principal Investigator of the Wide Angle Imaging Michelson Interferometer experiment to be built in Canada and flown on a forthcoming flight of SPACELAB/SHUTTLE.
He has published nearly 90 papers and supervised the research of 17 M.Sc., and 13 Ph.D students at the University of Saskatchewan and York University. In a very strong competition, he was recently designated by NASA as Principal Investigator of the Wide Angle Imaging Michelson Interferometer experiment to be built in Canada and flown on a forthcoming flight of SPACELAB/SHUTTLE.