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主要研究空间等离子体物理学家 哈伦斯宾塞 已被任命为会员 美国科学促进会 (AAAS). 斯宾塞, 地球研究所所长, 海洋与空间物理学教授, 在396名新研究员中.

Election as an AAAS fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers for scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New fellows were scheduled to be formally announced in the journal 科学 on Nov. 24.

“This recognition is a wonderful honor for Harlan,” says 主要研究 Provost Nancy Targett. “他为科学成就树立了很高的标准, and it is very satisfying to see his peers acknowledge the breadth, 他工作的深度和质量.”

斯宾塞 is being recognized for distinguished contributions to space exploration, the development of instruments to characterize the radiation intensity in space and for continued leadership in the heliophysics community, 根据美国科学促进会. 他领导着一个研究小组，开发和使用基于物理的, numerical models to understand the dynamics of interacting solar and planetary plasmas — “space weather”—  and the resulting effects on space technologies and astronauts. 斯宾塞 complements these modeling efforts with the development of instruments on NASA and NSF spacecraft and the analysis of the new observations needed to fuel understanding.

The AAAS is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal 科学 以及科学转化医学, 数字开放获取期刊《科学信号, 科学的进步, 科学免疫学和科学机器人. The AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes nearly 250 affiliated societies and academies of science serving 10 million individuals.