Charles F. Kennel | |
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| Born | August 20, 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Harvard College (A.B.) Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plasma physics |
| Institutions | NASA, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCLA |
| Thesis | Low-frequency stability of spatially non-uniform plasmas (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward A. Frieman |
| Doctoral students | Mary Hudson |
Charles F. Kennel (born August 20, 1939) is an American plasma physicist and former Associate Administrator of NASA.[1][2] He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences[3] and won the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in 1997.[4] In 2009, he was advertised by NASA Watch as a potential pick by Barack Obama as the next NASA Administrator.[5]
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- ^ CCST Fellow Charles F. Kennel
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