GEORGE MORALES

Vita:

George J. Morales, Born: Havana, Cuba, November 24, 1945; Naturalized U.S. Citizen.

 

Education:

B. S. in Physics (Magna Cum Laude) Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1967

M. S. in Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1971.

Ph.D. in Physics, University of California, San Diego, 1973

 

Areas of Specialization:

Plasma physics, nonlinear waves, heating of thermonuclear fusion plasmas, ionosphere modification.

 

Honors:

Four-year Scholarship at Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1963-1967

Charles M. Zucker Memorial Award in Physics, 1966

Phi Zeta Kappa Honor Society, 1964

Phi Epsilon Omega Honor Society, 1966

Fellow, American Physical Society, 1981

UCLA Physics Department Teaching Award, l984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Order of the Golden Bruin, 1990

 

Professional Societies:

American Physical Society

Plasma Physics Division of the American Physical Society

 

Positions Held:

Assistant Research Physicist/Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles, 1973-July 1978

Associate Research Physicist/Adjunct Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles, July 1978-June 1982.

Associate Professor of Physics, Physics Department, University of California, Los Angeles, July 1982-June 1983.

Professor of Physics, Physics Department

 

Recent Relevant Publications:

 

Romero, H., and Morales, G.J., "Self-Adjoint Formulation of Plasma Heating in the Ion-Cyclotron Range of Frequencies," Phys. Fluids B 1, 1805 (1989)

Hansen, J.D., Morales, G.J., Duncan, L.M., and Dimonte, G., "Large- Scale HF-Induced Ionospheric Modifications: Experiments", J. Geophys. Res., 97, 113 (1992)

Morales, G.J., Loritsch, R.S., and Maggs, J.E., "Structure of Alfven Waves at the Skin-Depth Scale," Phys. Plasmas 1, 3765 (1994) (10 pages).

Maggs, J.E., and Morales, G.J. , "Magnetic Fluctuations Associated with Field-Aligned Striations," Geophys. Res. Lett. 23, 633 (1996)

Reitzel, K.J. and Morales, G.J., "Perpendicular Ion Acceleration in Field- Aligned Density Striations", J. Geophys. Res. 101, 27, 177 (1996).

 

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