Timothy L. Killeen

Tim Killeen
Tim Killeen sits at a wooden table and speaks to Tom Vilsack (unseen) with hands raised
Killeen in 2015
20th President of the University of Illinois System
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 May 2015
Preceded byRobert A. Easter
Personal details
Born
Timothy Laurence Killeen

1952 (age 72–73)
Cardiff, Wales
SpouseRoberta Johnson
Children5
EducationUniversity College London (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric and space sciences
Atomic and molecular physics
Geoscience
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
University of Colorado, Boulder
National Science Foundation
State University of New York
University of Illinois System
ThesisPositron Collisions in Gaseous Media (1975)

Timothy Laurence Killeen (born 1952) is a British and American geophysicist, space physicist, professor, and university administrator.[1] Killeen took office as the president of the University of Illinois system in 2015. He has been the principal investigator on research projects for NASA and the National Science Foundation.[2] Killeen has authored more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as more than 300 other publications and papers.[3] He has served on various White House committees and task forces[4] and is a past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics.[5][6]

Early life and education

Killeen was born in Cardiff, Wales in early 1952 to Nora Christine (Curran) Killeen and John Francis Killeen.[7][8] He received his Bachelor of Science in physics and astronomy in 1972 and PhD in atomic and molecular physics in 1975, both from University College London, earning his doctorate at the age of 23.[9] After receiving his degree, Killeen worked as a research assistant at the university until 1978.[10]

Career

University of Michigan

Paul Hays, Director of the Space Physics Research Laboratory at the University of Michigan, attracted Killeen to join the SPRL team as a postdoctoral scholar in 1978. It was during this time at SPRL that he helped to develop an instrument of the TIMED spacecraft.[11] Killeen worked at the University of Michigan, first as an associate research scientist, before being offered an associate professorship in the department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences in 1987.[12] In 1990, Killeen was offered a full professorship in the department, which he maintained until leaving the University of Michigan in 2000.[13]

During his time at the University of Michigan, in 1993 Killeen became the director of the SPRL, the unit that attracted him to join the university's faculty in the first place. He stayed on as director until 1998. In 1997, Killeen was named Associate Vice President for Research as well as Director of the Global Change Laboratory at the university, positions he maintained until his departure in 2000.[14]

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Killeen spent four summers (1983, 1985, 1986, and 1987) as a visiting scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 1988, Killeen joined the NCAR as an affiliate scientist, staying on until 1992, less than a year before he was named director of the SPRL.[15] In 2000, Killeen left the University of Michigan to take on a full time position as a senior scientist at the NCAR shortly before being named its director. Killeen remained director until 2008.[16]

NASA

In 1992, Killeen joined the team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a visiting senior scholar where he contributed to the Polar satellite. Killeen was involved in many NASA projects, including the design, development and building of the TIMED Doppler Interferometer (TIDI) instrument for the TIMED spacecraft.[17] He has also worked on the development of the Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) for various spacecraft, including the Dynamics Explorer Spacecraft.[18]

National Science Foundation

Killeen left as Director of the NCAR to accept the position of Assistant Director for the Geosciences at the National Science Foundation in 2008.[19] Killeen had chaired NSF Committees, including the NSF Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR) Advisory Committee.[20] He remained as assistant director until 2012.[21]

Academia

In 2010, Killeen returned to the University of Colorado Boulder as Lyall Research Professor, leaving again in 2012 to take a position at the State University of New York.[22]

Killeen was named Vice Chancellor for Research at the State University of New York in 2012 and President of the Research Foundation there. In his role, Killeen administered SUNY's $900 million research portfolio.[23]

In 2015, Killeen left SUNY to become the 20th President of the University of Illinois system.[24]

Awards and honors

Killeen has been awarded a NASA Achievement Award three times. First in 1985 for his contribution to the Dynamics Explorer spacecraft, again in 1998 for his contribution to the Polar satellite, and a third time in 2006 for his contribution to the Thermosphere-Ionosphere (TIMED) spacecraft.[25]

During his time as a professor at the University of Michigan, Killeen was awarded a 1993 Excellence in Research Award and an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2000, both from the university's College of Engineering.[26]

In 2005, Killeen was named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and in 2007 he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to interferometer design, and measurement and modeling of the properties and dynamics of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere.[27] In 2015, he was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[28] He is also a member of the New York Academy of Sciences.[29]

Killeen was president of the American Geophysical Union from 2006 until 2008.[30]

In 2010, Killeen was awarded an honorary Doctor of Sciences from his alma mater, University College London.[31][32]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Timothy Killeen | Atmospheric Sciences at Illinois". atmos.illinois.edu. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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  4. ^ "Prepared Statement by Timothy Killeen - House Science Committee Hearing on NASA Earth Sciences". www.spaceref.com. 28 April 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ^ President Timothy L. Killeen. Biography. University of Illinois.
  6. ^ Burns, A. G.; Killeen, T. L.; Wang, W.; Roble, R. G. (January 2004). "The solar-cycle-dependent response of the thermosphere to geomagnetic storms". Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 66 (1): 1–14. Bibcode:2004JASTP..66....1B. doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2003.09.015. ISSN 1364-6826.
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  8. ^ "Nora Killeen". www.myheritage.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  9. ^ Communications, Grainger Engineering Office of Marketing and. "Timothy L Killeen". ece.illinois.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. ^ UCL (25 April 2018). "A History of the UCL Physics and Astronomy Department from 1826 - 1975". UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences | Space Physics Research Laboratory 1837 – 2003" (PDF). University of Michigan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences | Faculty History Project". faculty-history.dc.umich.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Research Reporter". www.ur.umich.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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  15. ^ Grant, Shermonta L. (2000). "Killeen to head NCAR". EOS Transactions. 81 (14): 149. Bibcode:2000EOSTr..81..149G. doi:10.1029/00EO00104.
  16. ^ "Timothy Killeen, Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2000-2008 (DI01011) | OpenSky". opensky.ucar.edu. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  17. ^ Killeen, T.L. (December 2002). Timed Doppler Interferometer. HAO/UCAR.
  18. ^ Wu, Q., R. D. Gablehouse, T. L. Killeen, and S. C. Solomon, 2005: Multi-year high latitude mesospheric neutral wind observations using a Fabry-Perot interferometer. Advances in Space Research, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.05.112.
  19. ^ Tim Killeen tapped to lead NSF GEO. (Winter 07-08). UCAR Quarterly.
  20. ^ "Timothy Killeen will become NSF Assistant Director for the Geosciences in July 2008 | NCAR & UCAR News". news.ucar.edu. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  21. ^ Showstack, Randy (2008). "Killeen Selected as NSF Geosciences Director". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 89 (10): 95. Bibcode:2008EOSTr..89...95S. doi:10.1029/2008EO100004. ISSN 2324-9250.
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  23. ^ Clair, Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St (19 November 2014). "Space scientist gets U. of I. keys". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  24. ^ "Leadership | About | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign". illinois.edu. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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  26. ^ "The New University of Illinois President". WTTW News. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  27. ^ Tim Killeen appointed NCAR director. (Spring 2000). Quarterly. UCAR.
  28. ^ "Update from Academic Affairs". emails.illinois.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  29. ^ "20th President - University of Illinois System". www.uillinois.edu. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Killeen Is AGU's President-Elect". Physics Today. 57 (6): 71–72. 1 June 2004. Bibcode:2004PhT....57T..71.. doi:10.1063/1.2408572. ISSN 0031-9228.
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