SAMUEL J. BAME, Technical Staff Member on the Space Physics Team in Space and Atmospheric Sciences (NIS-1) at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr. Bame is presently an associate in NIS-1, following his retirement in 1991. He joined the Lab in 1951 with a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Rice University. His early years were devoted to low energy nuclear physics research, but in 1959, his interests shifted to space science and technology. During the ensuing 35 years, Dr. Bame has served as principal investigator for more than 60 neutron and space plasma instruments that he conceived, designed, and implemented. Six neutron detectors, carried on rockets from Kauai, measured the spectra of neutrons from three U. S. high altitude nuclear tests above Johnston Island in 1962. Fifty-five of his instruments have been carried into space on 29 spacecraft launched in 22 defense-related and scientific programs. His neutron detectors, carried on Vela and follow-on nuclear test detection satellites, have provided continuous support of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty since 1963. Vela also carried plasma analyzers of his design to monitor the plasma environment of the satellites for phenomena that might be confused with nuclear test explosions. Scientific spacecraft which have carried his plasma instruments include those of the NASA Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Mission, IMP 6, 7, & 8, the NASA/ESA International Sun Earth Explorer Mission, ISEE 1, 2, & 3, and the ESA/NASA Ulysses Mission to explore the heliosphere above the poles of the Sun. Over the years, Dr. Bame has served on a number of NASA advisory committees. He has received three LANL Distinguished Performance Awards and four NASA Group Achievement Awards for his space plasma work. He is a fellow of LANL, the APS, the AAAS, and the AGU. He is an author of over 400 scientific papers on topics ranging from low energy nuclear physics to the nature of plasmas found in the magnetosphere, solar wind, solar corona, and comets.

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