Federico (Fred) A. Herrero

PRESENT POSITION:	Explorer Technology Program Manager and Chief Technologist for the Solar Terrestrial Probes Program at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

RESEARCH AREAS:	Thermospheric Dynamics, Airglow Physics, Ion and Neutral Atom 
Spectrometry, Rarefied Gas Aerodynamics,

EDUCATION:	B.S. in Physics, Spring Hill College; M.S.in Astronomy, University of
Florida; Ph.D. in Physics (Atomic and Molecular Collisions), University of Florida, 
Post-Doctoral Research in Ion Impact Spectroscopy and Ionospheric Applications of 
Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy.

EXPERIENCE:	U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Captain, Armed Forces Radiobiology 
Research Institute, Bethesda, Md., 1968-1970.
- Professor/Physics, University of Puerto Rico, Chairman, Dept. Physics:  Applied 
Optics Laboratory, Electron Impact Fluorescence of Carcinogenic Molecules, 
Undergraduate Energy Demonstration Laboratory, 6300 Angstrom Airglow/Incoherent 
Radar Studies, 1976-79.
- Staff Scientist, NAIC, Arecibo, Cornell University, Airglow Physics of Thermosphere-Ionosphere Interactions, Global Variations of Thermospheric Neutral Winds and Temperatures, 1980. 	
- Senior NAS/NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1981-83. Guest Investigator, Atmosphere Explorer Satellite program, 1983-1984.
- Astrophysicist, NASA GSFC:  Ion-surface scattering experiments supporting satellite drag calculations. Co-I., Dynamics Explorer WATS instrument, 1984.
- P.I., Temperature and Wind Rocket Sensor (TAWRS) MAC/EPSILON campaign, Andoya. - Co-I., Loss Cone Electron Imaging Spectrometer, ISTP/POLAR HYDRA. 
- P.I., IMS/TAWRS Rocket Experiment for Vertical Winds in the Low-latitude Thermosphere. LENA Instrument Lead Scientist, IMAGE Spacecraft, 1994-2000.
- Visiting Professor, University of Rome, Italy, winter 1995; spring 1998.
- Technical Lead, Sensors and Instruments/CETDP, Code 710, NASA GSFC, 1998. 
- Explorer Technology Program Manager/Code 410 and Chief Technologist of Solar Terrestrial Probes Program/Code 460, NASA GSFC, 1999 ÿ 2002.
- Instrumentation Physicist, Detector Systems Branch, Code 553, NASA GSFC: MEMS Charged-particle Spectrometers, 2002 ÿ present.

Relevant Publications
"Light Trap Cavity Design Using Multiple Reflections and Solid Angle Attenuation: Application to a Spaceborne Electron Spectrometer", F. A. Herrero, Applied Optics, 31, 5331-5340, 1992.
"Imager of Low Energy Neutral Atoms (ILENA): Imaging Neutral Atoms from the Magnetosphere at Energies belowe 20 KeV", F. A. Herrero and M. F. Smith, SPIE, 1744, Instrumentation for Magnetospheric Imagery, pp. 32-39, 1992.
 "Imaging Low Energy (keV) Neutral Atoms: Ion-Optical Design", M. F. Smith, D. J. Chornay, J. W. Keller, F. A. Herrero, M. R. Aellig, P. Bochsler, and P. Wurz,  Geophysical Monograph 103, p. 263, Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas, ed. R. F. Pfaff, J. E. Borovsky, D. T. Young, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1998.
"Surface Ionization with Cesiated Converters for Space Applications", M. R. Aellig, P. Wurz, R. Schletti, P. Bochsler, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. G. Shelley, S. A. Fuselier, J. M. Quinn, F. Herrero, and M. F. Smith, Geophysical Monograph 103, p. 289, Measurement Techniques in Space Plasmas, ed. R. F. Pfaff, J. E. Borovsky, D. T. Young, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1998.
"Mass Spectroscopy Using a Rotating Electric Field", J. H. Clemmons and F. A. Herrero, Rev. Scientific Instruments, 69, 2285-2291, 1998.
"The Low Energy Neutral Atom Imager for IMAGE", T. E. Moore, D. J. Chornay, M. R. Collier, F. A. Herrero, J. Johnson, M. A. Johnson, J. W. Keller, J. F. Laudadio, J. F. Lobell, K. W. Ogilvie, P. Rozmarynowski, S. A. Fuselier, A. G. Ghielmetti, E. Hertzberg, D. C. Hamilton, R. Lundgren, P. Wilson, P. Walpole, T. M. Stephen, B. L. Peko, B. Van Zyl, P. Wurz, J. M. Quinn, and G. R. Wilson, Space Science Revs., 91, 155, 2000.
"Design and Applications: Instrument Design Benefits from Computer Assistance", Laser Focus World, vol. 35, no. 12, p.141, 1999.