Donald R. Thompson Physicist, Principal Professional Staff Ocean Remote Sensing Group (SRO) The Johns Hopkins University /APL Donald R. Thompson Johns Hopkins University/APL 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd. Laurel, MD 20723 USA Phone: (240)228-4559 FAX: (240) 228-5548 E-Mail: donald.r.thompson@jhuapl.edu Education: B.S. (Physics), Case Western Reserve University, 1964 Ph.D. (Physics), University of Minnesota, 1968 Fields of Specialty: Electromagnetic scattering theory, ocean surface wave physics, microwave ocean remote sensing Theoretical physics, nuclear astrophysics, stellar nucleosynthesis Positions Held: Physicist, Principal Professional Staff; Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University. Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Dozent Fellow; Institute für Theoretische Physik, Universität Tübingen. Senior Research Associate, Assistant Professor; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota. Research Fellow; W.K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. Experience: Dr. Thompson spent the early years of his career studying problems in few-body nuclear reactions and stellar nucleosynthesis at the California Institute of Technology , the University of Minnesota , and the Universität Tübingen , Tübingen, Germany. Since 1980, he has been employed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory where he is currently supervisor of the Theory and Modeling Section of the Ocean Remote Sensing Group. For the past twenty-five years, he has participated in programs involving oceanographic measurements, numerical modeling of surface wave phenomena, electromagnetic backscatter calculations, and SAR image simulation. Dr. Thompson has been co-investigator on the Georgia Strait Experiment (1983), SARSEX (1984), Sognefjord Experiment (1988), the Loch Linnhe Experiments (1987, 1989), and the SAXON Experiment (1990). He served as modeling leader for the ONR Accelerated Research Initiative on High Resolution Imaging of Mesoscale Ocean Features HighRes (1990-1995), and is currently investigator on NOAA-sponsored grants related to ocean remote sensing and high-resolution wind mapping using SAR . He is has also been principal investigator on NASA grants concerned with GPS oceanography and EM-bias effects in altimetry. Dr. Thompson teaches electrodynamics in the Whiting School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University and is Adjunct Professor in the Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences of the University of Miami. Professional Societies and Awards: Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung Fellowship for research at Institute für Theoretische Physik, Universität Tübingen, (1976-1978) Stuart S. Janney Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University for research at the Institute für Meerskunde, Universität Bremen, (1986) Multiple winner of the JHU/APL award for "Outstanding Paper in Peer-Reviewed Journal" Tau Beta Pi Sigma Xi American Geophysical Union URSI Commission F IEEE Antennas and Propagation and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Societies Peer Reviewed Publications: Theoretical Physics ( La Clairvoyance by René Magritte)