Professor John Mathews

     John D. Mathews directs the Communications and Spaces Laboratory, a Center of Excellence in the Penn State College of Engineering, and teaches in the areas of plasma physics, upper atmosphere/ionosphere physics, and radar. His current research interests center on middle atmospheric processes including layering, waves and tides, electrodynamics, and meteor physics. He has continuously conducted research at Arecibo Observatory since 1969 and has continuously held NSF grants for observational research at AO since 1975. He has served the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center in many capacities including consultant in various activities, member of the Arecibo Scientific Advisory Committee, and recently as member and chairman of the Arecibo Advisory Board and Visitors Committee. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, URSI (International Union of Radio Sciences) Commissions G and H, IEEE (senior), European Geophysical Society, the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi, Eta Kappa Nu, NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), ISAST (International Society for the Arts, Sciences andTechnology).