R. Paul Drake
Henry Smith Carhart Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Space Sciences
Location
Climate & Space Research Building 2455 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143
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Education
- Ph.D., M.S., Physics, Johns Hopkins University
- B.A., Philosophy & Physics, Vanderbilt University
Professional Service
- Member, 2004 Fellowship Committee, Divison of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society
- Member, Plasmas Advisory Council for Large-Axis Plasma Device User Facility (UCLA) Physics Advisory Committee, Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and Astrophysical
- Member, Executive Committee, University Fusion Association, 2002-2004
- Member, Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship Committee, 2007
- Member, Working Group on Laboratory Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society, 2007- 2012
- Member, Women in Plasma Physics Committee of the American Physical Society, 2008 – 2011
- Member, Physics Advisory Council, Center for Self-Organization in Magnetized Plasmas, 2005-2008
- Member, Advisory Council for UCLA’s LAPD User Facility, 2000-2008
- Member, High Energy Density (Betti) Report Subcommittee, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, 2008
- External member, JASONS review of National Ignition Campaign, January 2009
- Member, Facilities Funding and Programs Study Group of the NRC Decadal Survey Astronomy & Astrophysics 2010, 2009
- Chapter Lead, DOE Research Needs Workshop (ReNeW) on High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas, 2009-2010
- Member, Weapons Science Review Committee, Los Alamos National Lab, 2008-2014
- Chair, Working Group on Laboratory Astrophysics, Amer. Astro. Society, 2010-2011
- Member, Koonin Committee for review of progress in the National Ignition Campaign, Oct. 2010- 2012
- Steering committee member, DOE Office of Science Workshop on Basic Research Directions at the National Ignition Facility, May 2011
- Member, Executive Committee to initiate the Laboratory Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society, 2012-
- Member, Proposal Review Committee for the Linear Coherent Light Source, 2013-
- Member, LMJ-PETAL Basic Science Review Committee, 2014
- Member, Executive Committee, Omega Laser Users Group, 2008-present
- Member, Executive Committee, National Ignition Facility Users Group, 2012-present
- Member, Editorial Board, High Energy Density Physics, The Journal, 2008 – present.
- Member, Editorial Board, Physics of Plasmas, 2014-2018
- Extensive service to the Division of Plasma Physics of the American Physical Society
- Served on organizing committee or as chair of numerous major scientific conferences
Professional Memberships
- American Physical Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Astronomical Society
Research Interests
- High Energy Density Physics
- Experimental astrophysics; nonlinear hydrodynamics and radiation hydrodynamics
- Plasma waves in interplanetary and interstellar space
Biography
Dr. Drake was featured in the BBC’s documentary Hyperspace(2001) and the Discovery Channel’s Engineering the Universe(2009).
- BBC Hyperspace 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_%28documentary%29
- Discovery Channel Engineering the Universe 2009: http://store.discovery.com/how-the-universe-works-dvd/detail.php?p=293236
Awards
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 1989
- Phi Beta Kappa, Vanderbilt University, 1975
- Distinguished Lecturer in Plasma Physics, APS/DPP 2003
- Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentorship UROP 2003
- Departmental Research Excellence Award, 2009
- Dist. Faculty Achievement Award, Rackham Graduate School, 2013
- Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award, 2014
- Edward Teller Award, American Nuclear Society, 2017
- H. Scott Fogler Award for Professional Leadership and Service, 2020
- John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research, American Physical Society, 2020
