Dr. William A. Coles

University of California at San Diego

BORN: August 15, 1941 Toledo, Ohio, USA

CITIZENSHIP: U.S.A. / Canadian (dual national)

EDUCATION:
B.A. Sc., 1963, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
M. Eng., 1965, McGill University, Montreal
Ph.D., 1969, Begun at University of California, Berkeley; Completed at University of California, San Diego

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Solar/Space Physics: particularly the study of the solar wind; its large scale structure, and its turbulence.
Wave Propagation, particularly the propagation of electromagnetic waves in turbulent media. Simulation of such propagation problems.
Radio Astronomy, particularly the study of the interstellar plasma and its effect on apparent variability of radio sources.
Electronic Instrumentation, particularly for radio astronomy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1975-76, Guggenheim Fellow, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia and Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, U.K.
1981-Present, Professor, University of California, San Diego; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering