Handbook of High-Energy Astrophysics Experiments

Dr. F. Curtis Michel was one of the original faculty members of the Physics and Astronomy (then Space Science) Department at Rice University. He then spent 4 years on leave to NASA as a scientist astronaut (1965-69), and served 5 years as a department chairman (1974-1979). He originally started in elementary particle physics but now has worked on the astrophysical objects known as radio pulsars from their discovery to the present. He has written a book on this subject (Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres, University of Chicago Press, 1990). As a Guggenheim fellow he spent a year in France and as a Humboldt fellow, a year in Germany. More recently he spent a year in Japan at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory of the University of Nagoya as a visiting professor. Michel directed and taught a challenging Natural Science Foundation course aimed at non-science undergraduates. Currently Michel holds the position of Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of Astrophysics at Rice University and is also a joint member of the Physics department. He has written over 100 works of scientific literature for a range of publications and conferences. University. He then spent 4 years on leave to NASA as a scientist astronaut (1965-69), and served 5 years as a department chairman (1974-1979). He originally started in elementary particle physics but now has worked on the astrophysical objects known as radio pulsars from their discovery to the present. He has written a book on this subject (Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres, University of Chicago Press, 1990). As a Guggenheim fellow he spent a year in France and as a Humboldt fellow, a year in Germany. More recently he spent a year in Japan at the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory of the University of Nagoya as a visiting professor. Michel directed and taught a challenging Natural Science Foundation course aimed at non-science undergraduates. Currently Michel holds the position of Andrew Hays Buchanan Professor of