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Syun-Ichi Akasofu

(1930) Earth Scientist United States

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Syun-Ichi Akasofu is an earth scientist from the United States, best known for Polar and magnetospheric substorms.

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Born
December 4, 1930
Nationality
United States
Profession
Earth Scientist
Notable works
Polar and magnetospheric substorms

About Syun-Ichi Akasofu

Syun-Ichi Akasofu is the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), serving in that position from the center's establishment in 1998 until January 2007. Previously he had been director of the university's Geophysical Institute from 1986.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Chapman Medal John Adam Fleming Medal Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

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