The John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science, established in 1966,
recognizes "the Goddard employee who best exhibits the qualities of broad
scientific accomplishments in the area of Space Science."
This year's Lindsay award winner is Dr. Brian R. Dennis. The award recognizes his key role in proposing, developing, and ensuring the success of the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), as well as his notable scientific achievements, including a definitive study of the Neupert effect in solar flares and widely-cited reviews of the solar flare phenomenon. He has served as Mission Scientist for RHESSI since its inception and led the Goddard RHESSI team in all phases of the project, from instrument development through testing, launch, data analysis and scientific interpretation.
Dr. Dennis is a member of the Solar Physics Branch (Code 682) of the Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics (Code 680) and has been with Goddard since 1967. He received this award at the Lindsay Memorial Lecture on Friday, May 21. The lecture was given by Dr. Caty Pilachowski, President of the American Astronomical Society.