Person

Charles, Christine (1955 - )

FAA

Born: 6 January 1955
Brittany, France
Occupation: Physicist

Summary

Christine Charles is known as an international authority on ion acceleration in expanding magnetised plasmas and its application to space engines and materials processing. Her discoveries have resulted in the new fields of current-free double layer physics, and new generation space propulsion plasma engines. Charles is the Head of the Space Plasma, Power and Propulsion Laboratory at the Australian National University and is active in popularising science on television and radio and by giving public lectures. She was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2015.

Details

Chronology

2009: Award - Women in Physics Lecturer of the Year, Australian Institute of Physics
2013 -: Award - Fellow, American Physical Society
2015 -: Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2015: Award - Women in Industry Excellence in Engineering Award

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Elected Fellow 2015

Published resources

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q56043467. Details
'Christine Charles - Citation at year of election, 2015', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/christine-charles. Details

Helen Cohn

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