Carl-Gunne Fälthammar#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 906 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Carl-Gunne Fälthammar passed away September 22, 2022.
Positions Held
- 1997 Professor Emeritus, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
- 1969 - 1997 Professor of Plasma Physics, KTH
- 1967 - 1997 Chairman of the Department of Plasma Physics, KTH
- 1960 - 1967 Various research positions, Dept. Plasma Physics, KTH
- 1957 - 1960 Research Assistant, Theoretical Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
- 1960 - 1967 Various research positions, Dept. Plasma Physics, KTH
Fields of Scholarship
- Space plasma physics
- Physics of the aurora
- Auroral acceleration
- Electric fields in space plasma
Honours and Awards
- 1975 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1992 - 1997 Chairman of the section for Astronomy and Space Science
- Member of the Academy Council (May 1993 - April 1999)
- 1986 Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- 1991 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1989 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Oulu, Finland
- 1996 Titular Member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
- 1996 Recipient of the Basic Sciences Award of the International Academy of Astronautics
- Recipient of the 1996 Golden Badge Award of the European Geophysical Society
- Recipient of the 1998 Hannes Alfven Medal of the European Geophysical Society
