Jeffrey Thayer

  • Research Professor
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Director of SWx-TREC
  • COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH
  • SPACE WEATHER TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER
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Address

Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0431
Office: AERO N407

Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences

Education

Ph.D., Atmospheric and Space Science, University of Michigan, 1990
M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, 1986
B.S., Meteorology, State University of New York, College at Oneonta, 1984

Professional Experience

2022 - Present, Professor Emeritus & Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2017 - Present, Faculty Director, Space Weather Technology, Research and Education Center, University of Colorado Boulder
2014 - Present, Chief Technology Officer, ASTRALiTe LLC.
2012 - 2022, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2013 - 2019, Director, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder
2016 - 2018, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department
2004 - 2012, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
1995 - 2004, Senior Research Physicist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
1990 - 1994, Research Physicist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

Awards (selected)

Joseph T. Negler Professorship (2017)
CU Boulder Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in Research (2016)
Outstanding Service, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (2016)
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (2015)
Distinguished Alumni Award SUNY Oneonta (2015)
College of Engineering Dean's Award for Outstanding Research (2012)
Roubos Engineering Endowed Faculty Fellowship (2012)
Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching (2011)
CU Boulder Provost's Faculty Achievement Award (2010)
University of Michigan Alumni Merit Award (2005)
NASA Group Achievement Award (2005)
SRI International Presidential Achievement Award (2004)
NASA Group Achievement Award (2000)

Research Interests

Remote sensing of the atmosphere and ionosphere using lidar and radar techniques
Optical systems and design
Atmospheric and space physics
Geophysical fluid dynamics, electrodynamics, and plasma physics