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DR. CHARLES L. MATSON
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Dr. Charles L. Matson, a member of the scientific and professional cadre of senior executives, is Senior Scientist for Optical Beam Control, Directed Energy Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. He is technically responsible for all research and development activities conducted at the AFRL's Maui Space Surveillance System, Starfire Optical Range and North Oscura Peak sites. He performs and directs research and development activities in the technical areas of adaptive optics, image and signal processing, laser guide stars, laser propagation in the atmosphere, and space surveillance technologies.
Dr. Matson was born in Spokane, Wash. He joined the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, a precursor to the Air Force Research Laboratory, in 1987 as an Air Force captain and research scientist in the Advanced Technology Imaging Branch. He has conducted research in a variety of areas including space surveillance technologies, laser propagation, biomedical imaging, high-performance computing, and image and signal processing theory. His research results have been used in a variety of applications, including guiding the development and assessment of space surveillance systems and assets, providing optical imagery in support of the Space Surveillance Network, and defining the 'art of the possible' in space surveillance. In between his Air Force military career and his Air Force civilian career, he taught and conducted research in the electrical engineering department of Seattle Pacific University.
Dr. Matson has published more than 100 journal articles and conference proceedings as well as several book chapters and patents. He has given numerous invited presentations nationally and internationally. He is an active member of the Optical Society of America and SPIE, serving on various governance and award committees. He also serves as an associate and advisory editor to the all-electronic archival journal Optics Express. Dr. Matson has helped organize and lead many international conferences. He is a technical adviser to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and other national organizations, and he has served on the committees of a number of graduate students.
EDUCATION
1982 Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, University of Washington
1983 Master of Science degree in electro-optics, Air Force Institute of Technology
1986 Doctor of Philosophy degree in mathematics, Air Force Institute of Technology
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
1. 1982 - 1991, active duty Air Force officer
2. 1987 - 1991, research scientist, Advanced Technology Imaging Branch, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
3. 1991 - 1993, assistant professor, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Wash.
4. 1993 - 1996, research scientist, Deep Space Surveillance Branch, Phillips Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
5. 1997 - 2000, research scientist, Surveillance Technologies Branch, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
6. 2000 - 2004, research scientist, Space Surveillance Technologies Branch, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
7. 2004 - 2008, research scientist, Analysis Branch, Optics Division, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
8. 2008 - present, Senior Scientist for Optical Beam Control, Directed Energy Directorate, AFRL, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
AWARDS AND HONORS
1990 Outstanding Research and Development Award, Air Force Systems Command
1991 Giller Award, AFRL
1996 Senior member, IEEE
2000 Fellow, Optical Society of America
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Optical Society of America
SPIE
Directed Energy Professional Society
Tau Beta Pi
(Current as of October 2012)
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