Skiff Research Group

Professor Skiff won an award from the Naval Research Laboratory entitled “Measurements of suprathermal electron distributions using whistler wave absorption." The project is a collaboration with Jim Schroeder, Assistant Professor of Physics at Wheaton College. Schroeder attended the University of Iowa for his Ph.D. studies.

In a study published in the journal Nature Communications, a team of physicists including Prof. Skiff, reports definitive evidence that the most brilliant auroras are produced by powerful electromagnetic waves during geomagnetic storms.

Fred Skiff will serve as a member of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee in the DOE’s Office of Science. The panel provides advice and recommendations on scientific, technical, and programmatic issues relating to the U.S.’s fusion energy sciences program.