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ROBERT S. LEONARD
Director
Radio Physics Laboratory
Research & Analysis Division
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Radio-wave propagation!
in normal environments;
in naturally dis-
turbed environments
(aurora);
in manmade disturbances
(nuclear
explosions)
REPRESENTATIVE RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS AT SRI
(since
1961)
Project director of a program to remotely sense nuclear detonations
during the
U.S. high altitude nuclear test program
Led
a research effort
to improve the U.S.
capability
to detect
foreign nuclear test by their effect on radio propagation
Technical director of a large multicontractor research program to
study the effects on radio propagation of an artificially produced
ionospheric plasma
Technical director on
a program to develop special communications
techniques
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor,
researcher,
and graduate
student,
Geophysical Institute,
University of Alaska!
HF and low VHF radio—wave propagation studies
of auroral effects;
designed,
developed,
and tested a prototype of
the 41-MHz auroral radar used in the U.S.
IGY program;
installed and
operated the six Alaskan IGY-auroral radars,
and analyzed the data
collected during the IGY
Teaching assistant,
Physics Department,
University of Nevada
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.S.
(1952)
and M.S.
(1953)
in physics,
University of Nevada;
Ph.D.
in geophysics
(1961),
University of Alaska
PUBLICATIONS
"Observations of Ionospheric Disturbances Following the Alaska Earth-
quake,"
J.
Geophys.
Res.
(March
1965);
"Selection of a Model of the
Earth’s Magnetic Field,"
J.
Geophys.
Res.
(December
1962);
"Evidence
of Low-Frequency Amplitude Fluctuations in Radar Auroral Echoes,"
J.
Geophys.
Res.
(April
1962);
"Distribution of Radar Auroras over Alaska,"
J. Geophys.
Res.
(March
1962);
"A Low Power UHF Radar
for Auroral
Research
," PIRE (February
1959); plus numerous scientific and technical
reports
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Geophysical Union
Union Radio Scientifique
Internationale
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EDWIN
C.
MAY
Senior Research Physicist
Radio Physics
Laboratory
Research and Analysis
Division
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Charged
particle
and
gamma-ray
spectroscopy;
analogue
and high-speed
digital
electronics;
numerical
analysis;
real-time
computer applications
for
data acquisition and analysis;
research
in bio-feedback
technology
and applications,
and
cardiac
blood flow problems;
field
research
in
India and
laboratory research at Maimonides Medical Center
on psycho-
energetic phenomena,
aerodynamic analysis
from fixed wing,
powerless
soaring
aircraft
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Theoretical calculations
in radiation transport;,
atmospheric physics,
and
E
& M wave
scattering
at
the RAND Corporation
Experiments
in nuclear
reaction mechanism and nuclear structure
at
the
U.
of
California
Crocker Nuclear Laboratory
Undergraduate physics
teaching at
the City College
of
San Francisco
Equipment engineer and
clinical experience
at
the
Bio-feedback Institute
of
San Francisco
Research
consultant
on psychokinesis
at
the Maimonides Medical
Center
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
B.S*
in physics,
University
of Rochester
(1962);
Ph*D.
in physics,
University
of Pittsburgh
(1968)
PUBLICATIONS
Author
or
coauthor
of
eleven scientific papers
in experimental nuclear
physics
research;
Author
or
coauthor
of
numerous
scientific papers
in psychoenergetic
research;
Author
or
coauthor
of
eleven
research abstracts
in nuclear physics
for professional meetings
Author
or
coauthor
of
ten abstracts
in psychoenergetic research
for
professional
and meetings
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Physical
Society,
American Association
for
the Advancement
of
Science,
Institute
of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers,
Parapsycho-
logy Association,
The American Society
for Psychical Research
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HAROLD
E. PUTHOFF
Senior Research Engineer
Radio Physics Laboratory
Research and
Analysis Division
SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
Research
in
’'remote viewing” and other psi phenomena
(1972-present;
Research
in
lasers,
quantum electronics,
nonlinear optics
Research and development of tunable
solid-state
lasers,
electron beam
lasers, microwave tubes
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Research associate,
Hansen Laboratories of Physics,
and
lecturer,
Depart-
ment of Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University;
teaching,
textbook
author,
research
supervisor of Ph.D.
candidates in the area of lasers and
nonlinear optics
.
Lieutenant,
USNR:
in-house research and contract monitoring on DoD
(NSA;
contracts concerned with the development of ultra high-speed
(GHz)
computers,
assessment of potential of fiber optics and
lasers
for use
in
optical computers
Research engineer,
Sperry Electronic Tube Division,
and
Sperry fellow,
University of Florida:
design and testing of electron-beam focusing
systems for use
in miorowave .tubeq
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
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B.E.E.
(1958)
and
M.S.E.
(1^60), diversity of Florida;
Ph.D.
in electri-
cal engineering,
Stanford University
(1967)
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
Author or coauthor of more
than twenty-five papers
in professional journals
on electron beam and
laser research,
and, more recently,
first major pu
li-
cations of research
on
psi phenomena
in Nature
("Information Transfer
Un-
der Conditions of Sensory Shielding," Oct.
1974),
in the
Proceedings of
.
the
IEEE
("A Perceptual Channel for
Information Transfer over Kilometer
Distances," March
1976)
and
in The
Role of Consciousness
in the Physical
World: AAAS Selected Symposium
57 ,
Ed.
R.
Jahn,
("Experimental
Psi
Research:
Implications
for Physics", Westview Press,
1981
Coauthor of textbook,
Fundamentals of Quantum Electronics
(Wiley,
New York,
1969)
published
in English,
French,
Russian;
Coauthor of Mind
Reach:
Scientists Look at Psychic Ability
(Delacorte,
New
York,
1977);
Coeditor of Mind at Large:
IEEE Symposia on the Nature of Extrasensory
Perception
(Praeger,
New York,
1979);
Patent on high-power tunable infrared
laser source
(50-250 microns)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND HONORS
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Physical
Society,
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Sigma Xi,
Department of Defense Certificate of Commendation for Outstanding Perfor-
mance,
IEEE Franklyn
V.
Taylor Memorial Award
for paper
"A Scientific
Look at
ESP,"
listed
in American Men and Women of Science and
in Who’s
Who
in the West
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