Shadia Rifai Habbal
Guest Professor
Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Education and Academic Background
Ph.D. Physics, University of Cincinnati, 1977
M.Sc. Physics, University of Cincinnati, 1974
M.Phil. Physics, American University of Beirut,
1973
B.Sc. Physics and Mathematics, University of
Damascus, 1970
Academic and Research Positions
2006- Faculty Chair, Institute for Astronomy,
University of Hawaii
2005- Astronomer, Institute for Astronomy,
University of Hawaii
2000-2004 Chaired Professor in Solar-Terrestrial
Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
1982-2004 Research Physicist, Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1995-2000 Lecturer, Harvard University
1978-1982 Research Associate, Harvard College
Observatory, Cambridge, MA
1977-1978 Advanced Studies Program Fellow, National
Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Editorship: Scientific Journals
2012-Editor,Astrophysical Journal
2002-2006Editor,Journal of Geophysical
Research - Space Physics
1994-1997Associate Editor,Journal
of Geophysical Research-Space Physics
Editorship: Books
S. Rifai Habbal, R. Esser, J. V. Hollweg, and P.
Isenberg, Eds.,Solar Wind Nine, AIP
CP 471, 1999
S. Rifai Habbal, Editor,Robotic
Exploration Close to the Sun: Scienti_c Basis, AIP
CP 385, 1997
D. Winterhalter, J. Gosling, S. Rifai Habbal, W.
Kurth and M. Neugebauer, Eds.,Solar WindEight, AIP CP 382, 1996
Committees
2009-2011 Chair, Solar Physics Division of the AAS
2008-2009 Vice-Chair, Solar Physics Division of the
AAS
2004-2007 Member, Solar Probe Science and
Technology De_nition Team
2001-2004 Member, Solar System Advisory Panel,
PPARC
2001-2003 Member, EISCAT Committee on the future of
EISCAT
2001-2002 Chair, Hale Prize Committee, Solar
Physics Division of AAS
2000-2001 Member, Hale Prize Committee, Solar
Physics Division of AAS
1999 Member, Solar Physics panel of the NAS decadal
study on Astronomy and Astrophysics
1995-1998 Member of the NASA Science Definition
Team for the Solar Probe Mission
1994-1997 Member, NASA Space Physics Subcommittee
1994-1997 Secretary, Solar Physics Division of the
AAS
1994-1996 Member, NASA Cosmic and Heliospheric MOWG
1993-1996 Member, Committee on Solar-Terrestrial
Research, National Research Council
1992-1994 Member, Executive Committee, APS Division
of Computational Physics
Organization of Activities at Professional Conferences
2009 Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee for the
2009 AAS/SPD meeting, Boulder, CO
2007 Member, Local and Scientific Organizing
Committees for the 2007 AAS/SPD meeting, Honolulu, HI
2003 Organizer of session GAIV-01 of the IAGA
conference, Sapporo, Japan, July 2003
2002 Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee and
Session Chair of Solar Wind 10 International Conference, Pisa, May 2002
2001 Organizer of Mini-Workshop on Origin and
Expansion of the Solar Wind, Gregynog, Wales, October 2001
1997-98 Chair of the Scientific and Local
Organizing Committees:Solar Wind 9 Conference, Nantucket, MA, October 1998.
1996 Chair of the Scientific and Local Organizing
Committees:Marlboro Workshop on Scientific Basis for Robotic
Exploration Close to the Sun, Marlboro, MA, April 1996
1994-1995 Member of the Scientific Organizing
Committee, and Session I Chair,Solar Wind 8International Conference, Dana
Point, June 1995
Selected
Publications
X. Li,S. R.
Habbal, J. Kohl and G. C. Noci, The effect of temperature anisotropy on
observations of Doppler dimming and pumping in the inner corona, Astrophys. J.,
501, L103, 1998.
X. Li,S. R. Habbal, J. V. Hollweg and R. Esser, Heating and cooling of
protons by turbulence-driven ion cyclotron waves in the fast solar wind, J.
Geophys. Res., 104, 2521, 1999.
S.
R. Habbal, R. Esser, M. Guhathakurta, and R. R.
Fisher, Flow properties of the solar windderived from a two-fluid model with constraints from White Light and
in situ interplanetaryobservations,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1465, 1995.
S.
R. Habbal, R. Woo, S. Fineschi, R. O'Neal, J. Kohl,
G. Noci, and C. Korendyke, Origins ofthe slow and the ubiquitous fast solar wind, Astrophys. J., 489,
L103, 1997.
Y.-Q. Hu, R. Esser andS. R. Habbal, A Fast solar wind model
with anisotropic proton temperature, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 14,661, 1997.
Y. Q. Hu andS. R. Habbal, Resonant acceleration and heating of solar wind ions
by dispersive ion cyclotron waves, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 17045, 1999.
S.
R. Habbal, R. S. Ronan and G. L. Withbroe, Spatial
and Temporal Variations of Solar Coronal Loops, Solar Phys., 98, 323, 1985.
S.
R. Habbal, R. Esser and M. B. Arndt, How reliable
are coronal hole temperatures deduced from observations, Astrophys. J., 413,
435, 1993.
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