Philip N. Slater

Education

• Ph.D., Imperial College, 1958

• B.S., London University, 1955

Employment

• The University of Arizona: Professor Emeritus, Optical Sciences, 1996–date; Professor, 1967–1996, Chairman of the Committee on Remote Sensing, 1975–1994; Associate Director, Optical Sciences, 1973–1975; Assistant Director, 1968–1973; Research Professor, Steward Observatory, 1966–1967

• IIT Research Institute: Manager, Optics Research Section, 1962–1966; Research Physicist, 1958–1962

Awards and Honors

• American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Alan Gordon Memorial Award; Presidential Citation for Meritorious Service

• Department of the Interior and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, William T. Pecora Award, 1995

• Optical Society of America, Fellow

• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Fellow; Board of Directors

• Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers, Fellow

Research

• Specification, design and evaluation of orbital remote-sensing systems; influence of and correction for atmospheric effects on spectral signatures; methods for absolute radiometric calibration of advanced remote-sensing systems, in particular the Landsat Thematic Mapper, the SPOT/HRV cameras and several Earth Observing System sensors.