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FRANK SCHERB
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Education and experience:
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) 1953Ph.D., M.I.T. 1958
Res. Staff Assoc., Space Physics, M.I.T. 1958-61
Assistant Professor, M.I.T. 1961-65
Associate Professor, M.I.T. 1965
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin 1965-69
Professor, University of Wisconsin 1969-1996
Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin 1996 –
Research interests:
- High-energy astrophysics, including the Agassiz air shower experiment
- Interstellar medium, first observations of diffuse Galactic H-alpha emission, leading directly to the WHAM project
- Solar system astrophysics, including the first detection of
[OI] 6300 Å
emission from Io in sunlight
Society memberships:
Fellow, American Physical SocietyAmerican Geophysical Union
American Astronomical Society
International Astronomical Union
AAS Division for Planetary Science