One of the world’s most influential scientists and a pioneer in auroral research has retired as director of the climate change research center at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Syun-Ichi Akasofu
Syun-Ichi Akasofu, who help found the International Arctic Research Center, said he hopes to return to his own scientific passions after spending decades as an administrator.
“My older academic studies became hobbies, so now that I am retired I plan to work on my research and teach auroral physics at the university,” Akasofu told Jillian Ladegard, in a story published by the Fairbanks News-Miner and republished Monday by the Anchorage Daily News.