EGS Hannes Alfvén Medallist - 1998
Carl-Gunne Fälthammar 

in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the study of the dynamical processes in the Earth's magnetosphere
 
  The second recipient for 1998 of the Hannes Alfvén Medal is Carl-Gunne Fälthammar. Professor Fälthammar received his Master in Engineering in 1956 and his Teknologie Doktor in 1966 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Professor Fälthammar has been with the European Geophysical Society since 1981. He received the EGS Badge Award in 1996 for his exceptional services as Editor of the Society's journal Annales Geophysicae. Within the scientific community, however, he is best known for his many important contributions concerning the study and the modelling of the Earth's and of the planetary ionospheres and magnetospheres. With the Alfvén Medal the EGS wishes to honour the work of an exceptional and outstanding European space plasma physicist.

Newsletter 67, 38, 1998
EGS Badge Awardee - 1996
 

Carl-Gunne Fälthammar

in recognition of his generous services as Editor of the Society ’s journal "Annales Geophysicae"

 
 

Carl-Gunne Fälthammar was born in Markaryd, Sweden, on 4 December, 1931. He received the degree of Civilingenjör (graduate engineer) in 1956, the Tkn. lic (approximately the Ph.D. degree) in 1960, and the Docent (approximately assistant professorship) in 1966, from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1969 he was appointed Associate Professor of Plasma Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology. In 1973 he succeeded Hannes Alfvén as Professor of Plasma Physics. Since 1967 he has been Chairman of the Department of Plasma Physics at the Royal Institute of Technology, which, since 1990, has been a Division of the Alfvén Laboratory. His research interests include fundamental aspects of plasma electrodynamics, with application to space and astrophysical plasmas, especially in the context of auroral and magnetospheric physics.

Prof. Fälthammar has served in several international scientific organizations, including the Executive Committee of IAGA, the Space Science Committee of the European Science Foundation, and the Council of the European Geophysical Society and is a Board Member of the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division. He was Topical Editor of Annales Geophysicae 1991-1995. He is currently Associate Editor of Astrophysics and Space Science, and a member of the Editorial Board of Space Science Reviews.

Since 1975 he has been a Full Member (Fellow) of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science. He is also a Full Member of International Academy of Astronautics and of Academia Europaea.

In 1989 he was awarded an Honorary Doctor’s degree by the Faculty of Science of the University of Oulu, Finland.

Newsletter 59, 35, 1996