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Member Since 1992
Victor P. Pasko
Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Victor Pasko is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Penn State University. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1996. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). From 2005 to 2008 Dr. Pasko served as Chair of AGU Atmospheric and Space Electricity Focus Group. Dr. Pasko served as an Associate Editor of Radio Science (2001-2022) and Journal of Geophysical Research (2005-2022).
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Professional Experience
Pennsylvania State University
Professor
2000 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1996
Victor's AGU Research
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Measuring Streamer Producing Thundercloud Electric Fields Using Radio Observations of Narrow Bipolar Events
PHYSICS OF STREAMERS, LEADERS, AND THE LIGHTNING DISCHARGE II ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 17 december 2025
Photoelectric Effect in Air Explains Lightning Initiation and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 17 december 2025
Investigation of Potential Mechanisms Responsible for Green Emissions Observed at Sprite Tops
ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS AND THUNDERSTORM EFFECTS IN THE NEAR-EARTH ENVIRONMENT I POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 15 december 2025
Measuring Streamer Producing Thundercloud Electric Fields Using Radio Observations of Narrow Bipolar Events
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
25 november 2025
Photoelectric Effect in Air Explains Lightning Initiation and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
28 july 2025
Self-consistent modeling of relativistic feedback in the context of intracloud lightning leader propagation
ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024
Lightning Precursor Discharges and Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes
ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024
Compact Intracloud Discharges and the Sources Generating Their Low and High Frequency Signatures
PHYSICS OF STREAMERS, LEADERS, AND THE LIGHTNING DISCHARGE I POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 09 december 2024
Volunteer Experience
2001 - 2022
Associate Editor
JGR Atmospheres Section
2001 - 2022
Associate Editor
Radio Science
2019 - 2020
Member
Atmospheric and Space Electricity Fellows Committee
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Honors & Awards
Benjamin Franklin Lecture
Received December 2023
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Union Fellow
Received December 2018
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For developing new understanding of lightning driven electrical gas discharges in the upper regions of Earth's atmosphere.
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