Richard Conn Henry, Ph.D.
Director, MSGC
Professor, JHU
Deptartment of Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Homepage
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Brief Biographical Sketch
Richard C. Henry is a Professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy at The Johns Hopkins University , where he is also Director of Maryland Space Grant Consortium, a member of the Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; and a member of the JHU Center for Astrophysical Sciences.
Since 1991, Dick has also served as Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium Observatory, which is located atop the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, and which houses the Morris W. Offit telescope, a fine half-meter reflector.
Dick is also a Co-Director of the Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Academy.
From 1998 until July 2000, Dick Henry was Chair of the National Council of Space Grant Directors, and, from its creation in 1991 until 2006 December 31, he served as Board Member and Treasurer of the National Space Grant Foundation.
He is currently a Director of the National Space Grant Alliance, a 501(c)(4) organization.
From 1976 to 1978 he was Deputy Director of the Astrophysics Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA.
He is a past Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow.
He was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1940, and he became a U. S. citizen in 1973.
Educational Background
Dick Henry was graduated from Ridley College in 1957, and obtained a B.Sc. (1961) at University College, University of Toronto, where he won the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Gold Medal.
He obtained an M.A. in 1962, and a Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1967.
Research Interests
- Astronomy and astrophysics.
- Observational astronomy.
- Radio astronomy.
- Theoretical astrophysics.
- Ultraviolet astronomy.
- X-ray astronomy.
He has been a Research Associate at the Institute for Advanced Study, research physicist at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, and a Lecturer at the Latin American School of Space Research in Argentina.
He has conducted astronomical investigations at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, and at both Las Campanas and Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatories in Chile, and has participated in many rocket-astronomy experiments. Hey, so Dick is a rocket scientist.
He has made observations using the Copernicus and IUE satellites and also the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mariner 9 spacecraft (at Mars), and was a co-investigator on Apollo 17 and also on the Apollo-Soyuz mission, and was a co-investigator on the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope.
He was a Principal Investigator in the study of the lunar material, and he is the Principal Investigator for the Hopkins Ultraviolet Background Explorer (HUBE) , which was selected in 1996 April as a NASA MIDEX program alternate project. HUBE, in 2001, became a part of the highly-rated BEST round-three MIDEX mission. In 2003 HUBE was again proposed to NASA, this time as a SMEX candidate mission. But, sad to say, on 2003 November 4, the HUBE proposal was declined by NASA.
Dick Henry has participated in eclipse expeditions to Quebec (in 1972), India (1980) and East Africa (1973 and 1980).
He was a member of the group which discovered the first x-ray pulsar.
Publications
Dr. Henry has more than two hundred publications (now with live links), on topics including theoretical astrophysics, observational astronomy, radio astronomy, ultraviolet astronomy, and x-ray astronomy. See his curriculum vitae for the most recent list of his publications, some of which are listed below.
- 202 N. V. Sujatha, Jayant Murthy, Abhay Karnataki, R. C. Henry, Luciana Bianchi, GALEX Observations of Diffuse UV Radiation at High Spatial Resolution from the Sandage Nebulosity, Astrophysical Journal, in press, 2009.
- 201 R. C. Henry, ARTICLE OF INTEREST, “Quantum Physics gets Spooky,” by Phil Berardelli; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 22, 586, 2008.
- 200 R. C. Henry, review of “The God Theory,” by Bernard Haisch, San Francisco: Weiser Books; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 22, 266, 2008
- 199 N. V. Sujatha, J. Murthy, P. Shalima, and R. C. Henry, “Measurement of Dust Optical Properties in Coalsack,” ApJ, 665, 363, 2007 (astro-ph 0705.1752).
- 198 R. C. Henry and Stephen R. Palmquist, take note of “An experimental test of non-local realism,” by S. Gröblacher et. al., Nature, 446, 871, 2007, and “To be or not to be local,” by Alain Aspect, Nature, 446, 866, 2007, Journal of Scientific Exploration, 21, 649, 2007.
- 197 R. C. Henry, review of “Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness, by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 21, 185, 2007.
- 196 R. C. Henry, “Synchronize Your Watches,” Washington Post, page A18, March 10, 2007.
- 195 P. Shalima, N. V. Sujatha, J. Murthy, and R. C. Henry, “FUV Scattering by Dust in Orion,” MNRAS, 367, 1686, 2006.
- 194 R. C. Henry, takes note of “Is our Universe natural?” by Sean M. Carroll, Nature, 440, 1132, 2006, Journal of Scientific Exploration, 20, 668, 2006.
- 193 R. C. Henry, “Bright Light from Dark Matter (Baryonic and Non-Baryonic),” Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6, Suppl.1, 40-46 (Frascati Workshop 2005), 2006.
- 192 R. C. Henry, review of “Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for unity in Physical Law,” by Peter Woit, New York: Basic Books; and “The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next,” by Lee Smolin, Boston: Houghton Miflin; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 20, 613, 2006.
For a current and complete list of Richard Henry's publications, please visit his curriculum vitae. (PDF)
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Richard Conn Henry, Ph.D.
Director, MSGC
Professor, JHU
Deptartment of Physics and Astronomy
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Homepage
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Brief Biographical Sketch
Richard C. Henry is a Professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy at The Johns Hopkins University , where he is also Director of Maryland Space Grant Consortium, a member of the Principal Professional Staff, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; and a member of the JHU Center for Astrophysical Sciences.
Since 1991, Dick has also served as Director, Maryland Space Grant Consortium Observatory, which is located atop the Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, and which houses the Morris W. Offit telescope, a fine half-meter reflector.
Dick is also a Co-Director of the Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Academy.
From 1998 until July 2000, Dick Henry was Chair of the National Council of Space Grant Directors, and, from its creation in 1991 until 2006 December 31, he served as Board Member and Treasurer of the National Space Grant Foundation.
He is currently a Director of the National Space Grant Alliance, a 501(c)(4) organization.
From 1976 to 1978 he was Deputy Director of the Astrophysics Division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA.
He is a past Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow.
He was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1940, and he became a U. S. citizen in 1973.
Educational Background
Dick Henry was graduated from Ridley College in 1957, and obtained a B.Sc. (1961) at University College, University of Toronto, where he won the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Gold Medal.
He obtained an M.A. in 1962, and a Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1967.
Research Interests
- Astronomy and astrophysics.
- Observational astronomy.
- Radio astronomy.
- Theoretical astrophysics.
- Ultraviolet astronomy.
- X-ray astronomy.
He has been a Research Associate at the Institute for Advanced Study, research physicist at the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, and a Lecturer at the Latin American School of Space Research in Argentina.
He has conducted astronomical investigations at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, and at both Las Campanas and Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatories in Chile, and has participated in many rocket-astronomy experiments. Hey, so Dick is a rocket scientist.
He has made observations using the Copernicus and IUE satellites and also the Hubble Space Telescope and the Mariner 9 spacecraft (at Mars), and was a co-investigator on Apollo 17 and also on the Apollo-Soyuz mission, and was a co-investigator on the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope.
He was a Principal Investigator in the study of the lunar material, and he is the Principal Investigator for the Hopkins Ultraviolet Background Explorer (HUBE) , which was selected in 1996 April as a NASA MIDEX program alternate project. HUBE, in 2001, became a part of the highly-rated BEST round-three MIDEX mission. In 2003 HUBE was again proposed to NASA, this time as a SMEX candidate mission. But, sad to say, on 2003 November 4, the HUBE proposal was declined by NASA.
Dick Henry has participated in eclipse expeditions to Quebec (in 1972), India (1980) and East Africa (1973 and 1980).
He was a member of the group which discovered the first x-ray pulsar.
Publications
Dr. Henry has more than two hundred publications (now with live links), on topics including theoretical astrophysics, observational astronomy, radio astronomy, ultraviolet astronomy, and x-ray astronomy. See his curriculum vitae for the most recent list of his publications, some of which are listed below.
- 202 N. V. Sujatha, Jayant Murthy, Abhay Karnataki, R. C. Henry, Luciana Bianchi, GALEX Observations of Diffuse UV Radiation at High Spatial Resolution from the Sandage Nebulosity, Astrophysical Journal, in press, 2009.
- 201 R. C. Henry, ARTICLE OF INTEREST, “Quantum Physics gets Spooky,” by Phil Berardelli; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 22, 586, 2008.
- 200 R. C. Henry, review of “The God Theory,” by Bernard Haisch, San Francisco: Weiser Books; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 22, 266, 2008
- 199 N. V. Sujatha, J. Murthy, P. Shalima, and R. C. Henry, “Measurement of Dust Optical Properties in Coalsack,” ApJ, 665, 363, 2007 (astro-ph 0705.1752).
- 198 R. C. Henry and Stephen R. Palmquist, take note of “An experimental test of non-local realism,” by S. Gröblacher et. al., Nature, 446, 871, 2007, and “To be or not to be local,” by Alain Aspect, Nature, 446, 866, 2007, Journal of Scientific Exploration, 21, 649, 2007.
- 197 R. C. Henry, review of “Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness, by Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner, Oxford: Oxford University Press; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 21, 185, 2007.
- 196 R. C. Henry, “Synchronize Your Watches,” Washington Post, page A18, March 10, 2007.
- 195 P. Shalima, N. V. Sujatha, J. Murthy, and R. C. Henry, “FUV Scattering by Dust in Orion,” MNRAS, 367, 1686, 2006.
- 194 R. C. Henry, takes note of “Is our Universe natural?” by Sean M. Carroll, Nature, 440, 1132, 2006, Journal of Scientific Exploration, 20, 668, 2006.
- 193 R. C. Henry, “Bright Light from Dark Matter (Baryonic and Non-Baryonic),” Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6, Suppl.1, 40-46 (Frascati Workshop 2005), 2006.
- 192 R. C. Henry, review of “Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for unity in Physical Law,” by Peter Woit, New York: Basic Books; and “The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next,” by Lee Smolin, Boston: Houghton Miflin; Journal of Scientific Exploration, 20, 613, 2006.
For a current and complete list of Richard Henry's publications, please visit his curriculum vitae. (PDF)
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