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Personnel
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Faculty and Postdocs
- Dr. Vladimir A. RakovDistinguished Professor, Director of ICLRT
rakov@ece.ufl.edu - Dr. Ziqin DingPostdoctoral Associate, LOG Operations Manager, Co-PI
ziqinding94@ufl.edu - Dr. Robert MooreProfessor
moore@ece.ufl.edu - Dr. Martin A. UmanDistinguished Professor Emeritus
uman@ece.ufl.edu
Graduate Students
- Si ChenPh.D. student
chen.si@ufl.edu - Siyuan PanPh.D. student
pansiyuan@ufl.edu - Lianghuai ZhuMaster's student
zhul1@ufl.edu
Collaborators
- Dr. Dan MicuProfessor, Fulbright Scholar
Dan.Micu@ethm.utcluj.ro - Dr. Yanan ZhuEarth Networks
yanan.zhu@aem.eco - Dr. Istvan KereszyFire Neural Network
kerei@mail.broward.edu - Dr. Kang YangPostdoctoral Associate, SmartData Lab, UF ECE
kang.yang@ufl.edu
Facilities
ICLRT-CB
The International Center for Lightning Research and Testing(ICLRT) at Camp Blanding was established in 1994 for initiation of lightning from natural thunderclouds using the rocket-and-wire techique. The Camp Blanding facility is presently not operational.
ICLRT-LOG
The Lightning Observatory in Gainesville(LOG) is part of ICLRT,which was established in 2004 and is used for studying lightning across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio frequences to optical (including UV and IR) to gamma-rays.
Publications
Recent Projects
CEDAR: Characterization of Streamer-based Compact Intracloud Discharges (CIDs, aka NBEs), 2024-2027, NSF
Lightning Studies Based on Measurements Spanning the Ranges from Radio Frequency to Optical (including Infrared and Ultraviolet) to Gamma-Rays, 2021-2025, NSF
Infrared and visible-range optical observations of lightning at LOG and associated modeling, 2017-2021, NSF.
Interaction of lightning electromagnetic pulse with the ionosphere, 2015-2018, NSF.
Advanced Diagnostics for VLF Ionospheric Channel Estimation, 2014-2015, DARPA.
NLDN performance characteristics research at the University of Florida, 2014, Vaisala.
Lightning Initiation, Propagation, Attachment, and Ionospheric Effect, 2010-2014, DARPA.
Lightning: Electromagnetic Environment and Source Parameters, 2009-2014, NSF.
Contact Information
Primary faculty and operations contacts for the lab.
Dr. Vladimir Rakov
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
216E Larsen Hall
Phone: (352) 392-4242
Dr. Ziqin Ding
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Florida
235 Larsen Hall
Phone: (352) 792-7643