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'''Craig A. Kletzing''' (February 3, 1958 – August 10, 2023) was an American physicist and professor at the [[University of Iowa]] who specialized in [[Space physics|space plasma physics]].

==Early life and education==
Kletzing was born in Sacramento, CA in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craig Kletzing Obituary |url=https://www.lensingfuneral.com/obituaries/Craig-A-Kletzing?obId=28688482}}</ref>

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in physics at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1981. In 1983, he earned his Masters degree in physics and in 1989 he received his PhD degree in physics, both from the [[University of California, San Diego]]. His PhD thesis, entitled "Auroral electron time dispersion",<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kletzing |first=Craig A. |title=Auroral electron time dispersion |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303673120|id={{ProQuest|303673120}} }}</ref> which examined precipitating electron data in the Earth's [[ionosphere]] using a [[sounding rocket]] mission.

==Career==
After receiving his PhD, he briefly worked as a research assistant professor at the [[University of Alabama in Huntsville|University of Alabama at Huntsville]] before moving that same year to an assistant research-track professor position at the [[University of New Hampshire]] in 1989. He was promoted to Associate Research Professor in 1995. During his time at UNH, he also held a Visiting Scientist appointment at the [[Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics|Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik]] from 1993-1994. In 1996, he moved to the University of Iowa and started as a tenure-track associate professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. He was promoted to full professor in 2005. From 2011-2019, he held the title of F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Craig Kletzing , Principal Investigator |url=https://tracers.physics.uiowa.edu/people/craig-kletzing}}</ref> In 2019, he was named the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair,<ref name=":2" /> an honor he held until his death.

Kletzing's research was focused on space [[Plasma (physics)|plasma]] (a rarefied form of ionized gas that makes up a majority of the matter in the universe), the physics of [[Aurora|auroras]] or Northern/Southern lights, and the dynamics of the [[Van Allen radiation belt|Van Allen radiation belts]] surrounding Earth.<ref name=":3" /> While at the University of Iowa, he was Co-Investigator and led hardware contributions on NASA's [[Van Allen Probes]] and [[Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission|Magnetospheric Multiscale]] satellite missions.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |title=UI scientists carry on legacy of space pioneer James Van Allen |work=The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.com/news/ui-scientists-carry-on-legacy-of-space-pioneer-james-van-allen/}}</ref> Kletzing also led multiple NASA sounding rocket missions. In all, he was involved in over 30 space missions throughout his career<ref name=":3" /> and authored or co-authored over 300 publications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web of Science, Craig Kletzing |url=https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/16061422}}</ref> His instrument specialty was measuring magnetic and electric fields and waves in space above active aurora and within the radiation belts.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />

From 2001-2006, Kletzing served as the Associate Chair for the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Iowa.<ref name=":6" /> He also served on multiple committees, review panels, and organizing bodies within the [[Heliophysics]] community.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Craig Kletzing, Experimental Space Physicist |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-kletzing-163610b/}}</ref>

Kletzing thoroughly enjoyed teaching<ref>{{Cite web |title=A researcher, a teacher, a leader |url=https://stories.uiowa.edu/kletzing-researcher-teacher-leader}}</ref> and public outreach, exemplified by his many media interviews including on the high-profile [[Science Friday]] show on National Public Radio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Spacecraft Records 'Chorus' of Space Sounds |url=https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/spacecraft-records-chorus-of-space-sounds/)}}</ref>

In 2019, Kletzing won the single largest research grant in University of Iowa's history,<ref>{{Cite news |title=UI wins its largest-ever research award |work=Iowa Now |url=https://now.uiowa.edu/news/2019/06/ui-wins-its-largest-ever-research-award}}</ref> a $115 million award from NASA to lead the [[Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites|TRACERS spacecraft mission]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Space's Storm Chasers: Inside Iowa's Latest NASA Mission |work=Iowa Magazine |url=https://magazine.foriowa.org/story.php?ed=true&storyid=1937}}</ref> TRACERS will be launched in 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) |url=https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/tracers}}</ref> and will study how the [[solar wind]] and Earth's magnetic fields interact in a particular spot called the cusp region, dynamically driven by a process called [[magnetic reconnection]].

==Personal life ==
Kletzing was married to Jeanette Welch,<ref name=":3" /> whom he met in California. Together, they played in many Iowa City bands throughout his life including Hold My Llama, Bipolar, Brace for Blast,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brace for Blast on Bandcamp |url=https://braceforblast.bandcamp.com/album/greatest-hits}}</ref> House of Escher, Truffle Pig<ref>{{Cite web |title=Truffle Pig on Facebook |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/trufflepigic/}}</ref> and, most recently, Fork in the Road.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fork in the Road on Facebook |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/ClassicBluesCoverBand}}</ref>

Kletzing died on August 10, 2023, at the age of 65.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |title=Renowned Iowa physics professor, researcher Craig Kletzing dies |work=Iowa Now |url=https://now.uiowa.edu/news/2023/08/renowned-iowa-physics-professor-researcher-craig-kletzing-dies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Esteemed Iowa, NASA physicist Craig Kletzing dies |work=The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/esteemed-iowa-nasa-physicist-craig-kletzing-dies/}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
In 2006, Kletzing was awarded the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University Teaching Awards |date=September 8, 2011 |url=https://clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/university-teaching-awards}}</ref> and in 2007 he won the President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=President & Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, 2007 |date=September 8, 2011 |url=https://clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/president-provost-award-teaching-excellence-2007}}</ref> In 2008, the university honored him with the Regent's Award for Faculty Excellence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regents Award for Faculty Excellence — CLAS Recipients |date=September 23, 2011 |url=https://clas.uiowa.edu/faculty/regents-award-faculty-excellence-clas-recipients}}</ref>

From 2011 to 2019, Kletzing held the title of F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor,<ref name=":1" /> and in 2019 was named as the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=University of Iowa names Craig Kletzing as inaugural holder of the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair |date=June 24, 2019 |url=https://clas.uiowa.edu/news/university-iowa-names-craig-kletzing-inaugural-holder-donald-and-marie-b-gurnett-chair}}</ref> In 2022, he delivered the 39th Annual Presidential Lecture at the University of Iowa.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=University of Iowa Presidential Lecture |url=https://president.uiowa.edu/about-president/presidential-lecture}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=39th Annual Presidential Lecture - February 27, 2022 | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm2hjaoaQ9Y}}</ref>

In 2016, Kletzing was invited as a Distinguished Lecturer in the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS DPP Distinguished Lecturers |url=https://engage.aps.org/dpp/programs/distinguished-lecturer}}</ref> and in 2022, Kletzing was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kletzing Named APS Fellow |url=https://physics.uiowa.edu/news/2022/10/kletzing-named-aps-fellow}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://delta.physics.uiowa.edu/~cak/index.html}}

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Craig Allen Kletzing (3 February 1958 – 10 August 2023) was an American plasma physicist and professor at the University of Iowa, known for his work in space plasmas and laboratory plasmas. He conducted pioneering work in kinetic Alfvén waves,[1] developed instruments for various NASA missions, and taught college level physics.

Kletzing was Principal Investigator of the Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS)[2] unit aboard NASA's Van Allen Probes, and Co-Investigator of the electric and magnetic Fields Suite[3] aboard NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission. In 2019, NASA selected to fund Kletzing's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission proposal as part of the agency's Small Explorer Program.

External links

References

  1. ^ Kletzing, C. A. (June 1994). "Electron acceleration by kinetic Alfvén waves". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 99 (A6): 11095–11103. doi:10.1029/94JA00345.
  2. ^ Kletzing, C. A.; Kurth, W. S.; Acuna, M.; MacDowall, R. J.; Torbert, R. B.; Averkamp, T.; Bodet, D.; Bounds, S. R.; Chutter, M.; Connerney, J.; Crawford, D.; Dolan, J. S.; Dvorsky, R.; Hospodarsky, G. B.; Howard, J. (1 November 2013). "The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP". Space Science Reviews. 179 (1): 127–181. doi:10.1007/s11214-013-9993-6. ISSN 1572-9672.
  3. ^ Torbert, R. B.; Russell, C. T.; Magnes, W.; Ergun, R. E.; Lindqvist, P.-A.; LeContel, O.; Vaith, H.; Macri, J.; Myers, S.; Rau, D.; Needell, J.; King, B.; Granoff, M.; Chutter, M.; Dors, I. (1 March 2016). "The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products". Space Science Reviews. 199 (1): 105–135. doi:10.1007/s11214-014-0109-8. ISSN 1572-9672.


Craig A. Kletzing
Born(1958-02-03)3 February 1958
Sacramento, California
Died10 August 2023(2023-08-10) (aged 65)
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley University of California, San Diego
Known forNASA Van Allen Probes mission - EMFISIS, NASA TRACERS mission
SpouseJeanette Welch
AwardsAmerican Physical Society Fellow
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Thesis Auroral electron time dispersion (1989)
Academic advisorsCarl E. McIlwain and Roy B. Torbert

Craig A. Kletzing (February 3, 1958 – August 10, 2023) was an American physicist and professor at the University of Iowa who specialized in space plasma physics.

Early life and education

Kletzing was born in Sacramento, CA in 1958.[1]

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in physics at the University of California, Berkeley in 1981. In 1983, he earned his Masters degree in physics and in 1989 he received his PhD degree in physics, both from the University of California, San Diego. His PhD thesis, entitled "Auroral electron time dispersion",[2] which examined precipitating electron data in the Earth's ionosphere using a sounding rocket mission.

Career

After receiving his PhD, he briefly worked as a research assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Huntsville before moving that same year to an assistant research-track professor position at the University of New Hampshire in 1989. He was promoted to Associate Research Professor in 1995. During his time at UNH, he also held a Visiting Scientist appointment at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik from 1993-1994. In 1996, he moved to the University of Iowa and started as a tenure-track associate professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. He was promoted to full professor in 2005. From 2011-2019, he held the title of F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor.[3] In 2019, he was named the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair,[4] an honor he held until his death.

Kletzing's research was focused on space plasma (a rarefied form of ionized gas that makes up a majority of the matter in the universe), the physics of auroras or Northern/Southern lights, and the dynamics of the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth.[5] While at the University of Iowa, he was Co-Investigator and led hardware contributions on NASA's Van Allen Probes and Magnetospheric Multiscale satellite missions.[6] Kletzing also led multiple NASA sounding rocket missions. In all, he was involved in over 30 space missions throughout his career[5] and authored or co-authored over 300 publications.[7] His instrument specialty was measuring magnetic and electric fields and waves in space above active aurora and within the radiation belts.[2][6][5][8]

From 2001-2006, Kletzing served as the Associate Chair for the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Iowa.[9] He also served on multiple committees, review panels, and organizing bodies within the Heliophysics community.[10]

Kletzing thoroughly enjoyed teaching[11] and public outreach, exemplified by his many media interviews including on the high-profile Science Friday show on National Public Radio.[12]

In 2019, Kletzing won the single largest research grant in University of Iowa's history,[13] a $115 million award from NASA to lead the TRACERS spacecraft mission.[14] TRACERS will be launched in 2024[15] and will study how the solar wind and Earth's magnetic fields interact in a particular spot called the cusp region, dynamically driven by a process called magnetic reconnection.

Personal life

Kletzing was married to Jeanette Welch,[5] whom he met in California. Together, they played in many Iowa City bands throughout his life including Hold My Llama, Bipolar, Brace for Blast,[16] House of Escher, Truffle Pig[17] and, most recently, Fork in the Road.[18]

Kletzing died on August 10, 2023, at the age of 65.[5][19]

Awards and honors

In 2006, Kletzing was awarded the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award[20] and in 2007 he won the President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence.[9] In 2008, the university honored him with the Regent's Award for Faculty Excellence.[21]

From 2011 to 2019, Kletzing held the title of F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor,[3] and in 2019 was named as the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair.[4] In 2022, he delivered the 39th Annual Presidential Lecture at the University of Iowa.[8][22]

In 2016, Kletzing was invited as a Distinguished Lecturer in the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics[23] and in 2022, Kletzing was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Craig Kletzing Obituary".
  2. ^ a b Kletzing, Craig A. "Auroral electron time dispersion". ProQuest 303673120.
  3. ^ a b "Craig Kletzing , Principal Investigator".
  4. ^ a b "University of Iowa names Craig Kletzing as inaugural holder of the Donald A. and Marie B. Gurnett Chair". 24 June 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Renowned Iowa physics professor, researcher Craig Kletzing dies". Iowa Now.
  6. ^ a b "UI scientists carry on legacy of space pioneer James Van Allen". The Gazette.
  7. ^ "Web of Science, Craig Kletzing".
  8. ^ a b "University of Iowa Presidential Lecture".
  9. ^ a b "President & Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, 2007". 8 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Craig Kletzing, Experimental Space Physicist".
  11. ^ "A researcher, a teacher, a leader".
  12. ^ "Spacecraft Records 'Chorus' of Space Sounds".
  13. ^ "UI wins its largest-ever research award". Iowa Now.
  14. ^ "Space's Storm Chasers: Inside Iowa's Latest NASA Mission". Iowa Magazine.
  15. ^ "TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites)".
  16. ^ "Brace for Blast on Bandcamp".
  17. ^ "Truffle Pig on Facebook". Facebook.
  18. ^ "Fork in the Road on Facebook". Facebook.
  19. ^ "Esteemed Iowa, NASA physicist Craig Kletzing dies". The Gazette.
  20. ^ "College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University Teaching Awards". 8 September 2011.
  21. ^ "Regents Award for Faculty Excellence — CLAS Recipients". 23 September 2011.
  22. ^ "39th Annual Presidential Lecture - February 27, 2022". YouTube.
  23. ^ "APS DPP Distinguished Lecturers".
  24. ^ "Kletzing Named APS Fellow".


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