This resume summarizes Gerald Karl Friedrich Rabl's educational and professional background. He received a PhD in astrophysics from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz in 1986. Since 2001, he has taught physics, mathematics, and astronomy at public high schools in New York City. He has also held positions at the Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Graz. Rabl has published over 30 papers in international journals and books on data from NASA space missions. He continues to conduct research and give presentations on topics in astronomy and space physics.

1. Resume
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Personal Data and Academic Education
 Gerald Karl Friedrich Rabl;
 Born: Sept. 24, 1955, in Graz, Austria, European Union;
 High School: BundesGymnasium & BundesRealGymnasium, Kirchengasse 1, Graz, Austria, 1966 − 1975;
graduation: June 28, 1975;
 Student exchange (London), July 1971, July 1972;
 Studying Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics at the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, 1975 − 1986;
graduation at the Faculty of Natural Science of the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Dec.18.,
1986 (PhD, Astrophysics), Thesis: Critical Planetary Orbits in Binary Star Systems;
 Military service, Oct.1985-Mar.1986.
Professional Experience
 Adjunct Professor for Astronomy/Physics, Manhattan College, New York (since fall 2011);
 Teaching Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy at NYC public HS (since 2001), current affiliation:
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College (Regents Physics, AP Physics and
Astronomy);
 Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Graz, 1995; software/calculation and
graphic software, respectively, for Global Positioning System (GPS), Low Earth Orbiter (LEO)
and Global Navigation satellite system (GLONASS) for ESA/ESTEC-projects;
 Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1986 − 1994, research using data of the
NASA missions Voyagers 1 and 2, and Cassini, and with the NASA/ESA mission Ulysses,
primarily in cooperation with:
- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC/NASA);
Greenbelt, Maryland/USA;
- National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC),
Greenbelt, Maryland/USA;
- Max-Planck-Institute for Aeronomy,
Katlenburg-Lindau/Germany;
- European Space Operation Center (ESOC),
Darmstadt/Germany;
- Observatoire de Paris/Meudon, France;
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES),
Toulouse/France;
 projects/software/scientific outcome were mainly based on cooperation with scientists from USA, France
and Germany, followed by more than 30 publications, most of them in international books and
journals;
 ESIS/SPAN (European Space Information System/Space Physics Analysis Network) meetings (IT-
meetings organized by ESA and NASA);
 Research at Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, July/Aug. 1992;

2.  Talks and posters in USA and Europe; e.g.:
- University of California, (UCLA, invited), USA;
- Annapolis/GSFC/NASA, Maryland/USA;
- ESRIN/ESA, Frascati, Rome/Italy;
- ESTEC/ESA, Noordwijk/The Netherlands;
- CNES/ESA, Toulouse/France;
- URSI, Telekom, Kleinheubach/Germany;
- European Geophysical Society (EGS) meetings:
- Bologna/Italy,
- Barcelona/Spain,
- Wiesbaden/Germany,
- Edinburgh/UK;
 Alpbach Summer School (Space Astronomy and Solar System Exploration), July 29 − Aug. 8, 1986;
 Contracts at the Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics of the University of Graz and at the Space
Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1984 − 1986;
 Assistant at the Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics of the Karl Franzens University of Graz, 1983 −
1984;
 Visit at the Observatoire de Haute Provence/France, June 1977;
Meetings/Workshops/Presentations
 College Board, AP Physics Reader, Kansas City, Missouri, June 2-8, 2015;
 XXXIV ISDC –NSS, 34th
International Space Development Conference of the National Space Society,
Toronto, Canada, May 20-24, 2015;
 College Board, AP Physics Summer Institute, June 30-July 3, 2014, Hofstra Univ., Long Island, NY;
 XXXII ISDC –NSS, 32nd
International Space Development Conference of the National Space Society, San
Diego, California, USA, May 23-27, 2013, G.K.F. Rabl, presentation: Space Weather.
 New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI) – NASA Grant, Performance of RM3 Weather Forecast over
West Africa during June - September 2011. Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Goddard Space Flight
Center GSFC, NASA, New York, NY, USA, June 28 – Aug. 8, 2012;
 XXXI ISDC –NSS, 31st
International Space Development Conference of the National Space Society,
Washington, D.C., USA, May 24-28, 2012.
 New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI) – NASA Grant, Comparison of Aerosol Optical Depth and
Ångström Exponent Retrieved by AERONET, MISR, and MODIS Measurements: A Statistical Approach,
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC, NASA, New York, NY, USA,
June 29 – Aug. 9, 2011;
 XXX ISDC –NSS, 30th
International Space Development Conference of the National Space Society,
Huntsville, AL, USA, May 18-22, 2011.
 GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) – Tracking Water from Space, NASA Grant,
Aug.17-19, 2010, NASA/American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY;

3.  Curriculum Topic: Study on Astronomy, July 7-13, 2010, American Museum of Natural History, New
York, NY;
 XXIX ISDC –NSS, 29th
International Space Development Conference of the National Space Society,
Chicago, IL, USA, May 27-31, 2010.
 College Board AP Physics Summer Institute, June 29-July 2, 2009, Hofstra Univ., Long Island, NY;
 EGS XVIII, Wiesbaden, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 3.-7.Mai, 1993, G.K.F. Rabl, M.L. Kaiser, M.D. Desch,
W.M. Farrell, R.J. MacDowall, and R.G. Stone, Periodicities of Jovian non-thermal radio emissions
observed by Ulysses.
 International Workshop on ``The Solar Wind – Magnetosphere System'' , Graz , 23.-25. Sept., 1992,
G.K.F. Rabl, Energy Coupling Quantities between the solar wind and planetary magnetospheres ( poster ).
 International Workshop On Variable Phenomena In Jovian Planetary Systems, Annapolis, U.S.A., 13.-16.
Juli, 1992, H.O. Rucker, H.P. Ladreiter, M.Y. Boudjada, and G.K.F. Rabl, Jovian Millisecond Bursts: An
Event Study (poster).
 Magnetospheres of The Outer Planets, UCLA, Los Angeles, U.S.A., 22.-26. Juni, 1992, G.K.F. Rabl,
Comparison of radio planets: Characteristics, sources, and solar wind control (invited).
 Seminar, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Graz, Graz , 27. Mai, 1992 G.K.F. Rabl,
Voyager 2 PRA-Resultats of Neptune.
 EGS XVII, Edinburgh, UK, 6.-10. April, 1992, G.K.F. Rabl, H.P. Ladreiter, and M.L. Kaiser, Source
location of Neptune's narrow-band smooth emission ( poster ).
 EGS XVII, Edinburgh, UK , 6.-10. April, 1992, G.K.F. Rabl, Overview of Neptune's radio emissions:
Phenomenology and source locations.
 URSI-Tagung, Kleinheubach, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 7.-11. Okt., 1991 G.K.F. Rabl , H.P. Ladreiter, H.O.
Rucker, and M.L. Kaiser, Neptune's non-thermal radio emissions: Phenomenology and source locations.
 PRE III, Radio Emissions From Planetary Magnetospheres, Graz , 2.-4. Sept., 1991, G.K.F. Rabl, H.P.
Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and M.L. Kaiser, Neptune's Smoothly Varying Radio Emission between 600-800
kHz.
 Magnetospheres of The Outer Planets, Annapolis, U.S.A. ,22.-26. Aug., 1990, G.K.F. Rabl, H.P. Ladreiter,
and H.O. Rucker, Source location of Neptune's kilometric radio emission.
 2nd
Mars Obs. Magn. Field Exp. Team Meeting , CESR, Toulouse, France , 8.-11. Mai, 1990.
 Theoretical Problems in Space and Fusion Plasmas, Pichl/Schladming, Austria , 1.-3. März, 1990, G.K.F.
Rabl, Energy Coupling Quantities in the Solar Wind - Magnetosphere System.
 Seminar, Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Graz, Graz , 11. Jan. 1990, G.K.F. Rabl,
Space Physics Analysis Network.
 European SPAN/ESIS Users Meeting, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands , 27.-29. Nov., 1989.
 URSI-Tagung, Kleinheubach, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 2.-6. Okt., 1989 G.K.F. Rabl, and H.O. Rucker,
Einfluss des Sonnenwindes auf die nichthermische Radiostrahlung von Jupiter im Hektometerwellen-
bereich, (Influence of the solar wind on Jupiter's non-thermal radio emission in the hectometric wavelength
range).

4.  EGS XIV, Barcelona, Spain, 13.-17. März, 1989, G.K.F. Rabl, C.H. Barrow, and H.O. Rucker, The
relationship between Jupiter's hectometric radiation and the solar wind.
 ESIS/SPAN Users Meeting, ESRIN, Frascati, Rome, Italy ,8.-10. Nov., 1988.
 URSI-Tagung, Kleinheubach, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 3.-7. Okt., 1988, G.K.F. Rabl, and H.O. Rucker,
Nicht-thermische Radiostrahlung von Uranus: Komponenten und Quellen im Frequenzbereich 59-750 kHz,
(Non-thermal radio emission of Uranus: components and sources in the frequency range of 59-750 kHz).
 EGS XIII, Bologna, Italy , 21.-25. März, 1988, H.O. Rucker, M.D. Desch, and G.K.F. Rabl, Long-term
modulation of the Saturn kilometric radiation.
 URSI-Tagung, Kleinheubach, Fed. Rep. of Germay, 6.-10. Okt., 1987, G.K.F. Rabl , and H.O. Rucker,
Nicht-thermische Radiostrahlung von Saturn: Einige Aspekte der Zeitreihenanalyse, (Non-thermal radio
emission of Saturn: Aspects of time series analyses).
Publications List
 New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI), Goddard Institute for Space Studies, GSFC NASA, New
York, NY, USA, June 28 – Aug. 8, 2012, David M. Liebers, Dave Kush, Ruben Worrell, Dr. Gerald K.F.
Rabl, Dr. Matthew Fulakeza, Dr. Leonard Druyan, Dr. Léon Guy Razafindrakoto,
Performance of RM3
Weather Forecast over West Africa during June - September 2011; (2012);
 New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI), Goddard Institute for Space Studies, GSFC NASA, New
York, NY, USA, June 29 – Aug. 9, 2011, B.E. Carlson, J. Li, G.K.F. Rabl, C. Benitez, B. Rao, J. Lieman-
Sifry, Comparison of Aerosol Optical Depth and Ångström Exponent Retrieved by AERONET, MISR, and
MODIS Measurements; (2011).
 Rabl, G.K.F., Jupiter's hectometric radio emission observed by Ulysses: Solar wind control and
periodicities, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 85, 1993.
 Rabl, G.K.F., Periodicities of Jovian broad-band kilometric radiation observed by Ulysses, Planet. Space
Sci. , Special Issue, 41, 1079-1083, 1993.
 Rabl, G.K.F., Energy coupling quantities between the solar wind and planetary magnetospheres, in: Solar
Wind Magnetosphere System , Eds. H.K. Biernat, and S.J. Bauer, pp.275, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Press, Vienna, 1993.
 Ladreiter, H.P. W. Macher, G.K.F. Rabl, and H.O. Rucker, The uncertainty of the Uranian radio source
location due to the nonuniqueness of the planetary magnetic field model, J. Geophys. Res. , 98 , 17277-
17282, 1993.
 Rabl, G.K.F., Recursive solution to Wiener's multi-channel time filtering, Astron. Astrophys. , 270, 552-
556, 1993.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and M.L. Kaiser, Neptune's non-thermal radio emission:
Phenomenology and source location, Kleinheubacher Berichte, Fed. Rep. of Germany , 35 , 821-830, 1992.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and Y. Leblanc, Uranus Smooth Low Frequency Emission,
Adv. Space Res. , 12 , No.8, 117-120, 1992.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and M.L. Kaiser, Neptune's smoothly varying radio emission
between 600 - 800 kHz, in: Planetary Radio Emissions III , Eds. H.O. Rucker, S.J. Bauer, and M.L. Kaiser,
p.309-316, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, 1992.

5.  Rucker, H.O., H.P. Ladreiter, W. Macher, and G.K.F. Rabl, Direction finding of electromagnetic waves:
Application to planetary radio emission, in: Planetary Radio Emissions III, Eds. H.O. Rucker, S.J. Bauer,
and M.L. Kaiser, p.425-432, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, 1992.
 Ladreiter, H.P., Y. Leblanc, G.K.F. Rabl, and H.O. Rucker, Methods for the localization of radio sources:
Application to the smooth Neptunian kilometric radiation, in: Planetary Radio Emissions III, Eds. H.O.
Rucker, S.J. Bauer, and M.L. Kaiser, p.291-308, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, 1992.
 Boudjada, M.Y., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, R. Leitinger, W. Rothleitner, and G.K.F. Rabl, Jovian DAM
analysis: the event of February 20, 1991, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 79, 1992.
 Rucker, H.O., V. Mostetschnig, H.P. Ladreiter, G.K.F. Rabl, Spectrometric observations of Jupiter S-
bursts at the Observatory Lustbühel, Graz, in: Planetary Radio Emissions III , Eds. H.O. Rucker, S.J. Bauer,
and M.L. Kaiser, p.115-124, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, 1992.
 Ladreiter, H.P., Y. Leblanc, G.K.F. Rabl, and H.O. Rucker, Emission characteristics and source location of
the smooth Neptunian kilometric radiation, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 19101-19110, 1991.
 Rabl, G.K.F., Energy Coupling Quantities in the Solar Wind - Magnetosphere System, in: Theoretical
Problems in Space and Fusion Plasmas , Eds. H.K. Biernat, S.J. Bauer, and M. Heindler, pp.91-103,
Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, Vienna, 1991.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and Y. Leblanc, Source Location of the Uranus Smooth Low
Frequency Emission, Annales Geophys., 9, 487-494, 1991.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and M.L. Kaiser, Time-filtered PRA data of Voyager 2 at
Neptune, A technical report, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences , 72, 1991.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.O. Rucker, H.P. Ladreiter, and M.L. Kaiser, Non-thermal radio emission detected by
Voyager 2's PRA experiment at Neptune, A technical report, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 71,
1991.
 Ladreiter, H.P., W. Macher, H.O. Rucker, and G.K.F. Rabl, Direction finding of electromagnetic waves,
ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 70, 1991.
 Rabl, G.K.F., C.H. Barrow, and H.O. Rucker, Solar wind dependence of the Jovian hectometric radio
emission: Comparison between Voyager 1 and 2 observations, Astron.Astrophys., 232, 242-250, 1990.
 Rabl, G.K.F., and H.O. Rucker, Einfluss des Sonnen-windes auf die nicht-thermische Radiostrahlung von
Jupiter im Hektometer-Wellenlängenbereich, (Influen-ce of the solar wind on Jupiter's non-thermal radio
emission in the hectometric wavelength range), Kleinheubacher Berichte, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 33, 131-
140, 1990.
 Macher, W., H.O. Rucker, H.P. Ladreiter, and G.K.F. Rabl, Far zone radiation of known localized sources,
arrays and linear antennas, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 69, 1990.
 Rabl, G.K.F., H.P. Ladreiter, H.O. Rucker, and Y. Leblanc, Source location of Uranus' smooth low
frequency emission, in: Gratulationsschrift anlässlich des 60. Geburtstags von Prof. S.J. Bauer , Editoren:
R. Leitinger and H.O. Rucker, 1990.
 Rucker, H.O., G.K.F. Rabl, and M.D. Desch, External control of the Saturn kilometric radiation by the
solar wind: Comparison between Voyager 1 and 2 obser-vations, Annales Geophys., 7, 341-354, 1989.

6.  Rabl, G.K.F. and H.O. Rucker, Nicht-thermische Radiostrahlung von Uranus: Komponenten und Quellen
im Frequenzbereich 59-750 kHz, (Non-thermal radio emission of Uranus: components and sources in the
frequency range of 59-750 kHz), Kleinheubacher Berichte, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 32, 661-673, 1989.
 Rabl, G.K.F. and H.O. Rucker, Nicht-thermische Radiostrahlung von Saturn: Einige Aspekte der Zeit-
reihenanalyse, (Non-thermal radio emission of Saturn: Aspects of time series analyses), Kleinheubacher
Berichte, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 31, 499-508, 1988.
 Rabl, G.K.F. and H.O. Rucker, Digital single channel and multi-channel time filtering by linear prediction,
A technical report, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 56, 1988.
 Rabl, G.K.F. and R. Dvorak, Satellite-type planetary orbits in double stars: a numerical approach, Astron.
Astrophys., 191, 385-391, 1988.
 Rucker, H.O., M.D. Desch, and G.K.F. Rabl, The solar wind and SKR, A technical report, Part 3:
Application of the linear prediction theory to SKR, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences, 52, 1987.
 Rucker, H.O., M.D. Desch, and G.K.F. Rabl, The solar wind and SKR, A technical report, Part 2:
Statistical analysis of the external control of SKR by the superposed epoch method. ÖAW/IWF-Austrian
Academy of Sciences, 51, 1987.
 Rucker, H.O., M.D. Desch, G.K.F. Rabl, N.I. Kömle, and H.I.M. Lichtenegger, The solar wind and SKR,
A technical report, Part 1: Preparation of solar wind parameters, ÖAW/ IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences,
47, 1986.
 Rucker, H.O., M.D. Desch, and G.K.F. Rabl, Persistence of solar wind features, Annales Geophys. 4, 259-
266, 1986.
 Rabl, G.K.F., Kritische Planetenbahnen in Doppelsternsystemen, Dissertation,(Thesis): Critical planetary
orbits in binary systems,, Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz, 1986.
 Rucker, H.O., M.D. Desch, and G.K.F. Rabl, Studies on the spatial and temporal persistence of solar wind
features, ÖAW/IWF-Austrian Academy of Sciences , 38, 1985.