Carl Leuschen

Carl Leuschen (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. (Hons.), M.S., and Ph.D. (Hons.) degrees from the Radar Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory, University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, KS, USA, in 1995, 2001, and 2003, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Director of the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS), KU. Prior to joining KU in 2006, he was a Senior Professional Staff Member with the Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Department, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA. He has served as a Participating Scientist for the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding instrument aboard the European Space Agency Mars Express Mission and the Mars Shallow Radar Sounder instrument aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. His research interests include the application of radar technologies for airborne measurements of ice sheets and radar sounding for planetary applications. Dr. Leuschen received the Richard and Wilma Moore Thesis Award and the NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship to develop ground-penetrating radar for Mars.