Message of Condolence to the Family and Friends of Alberto Behar
From Dr. Kelly K. Falkner
Director, Division of Polar Programs
National Science Foundation
On behalf of the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar
Programs, I wish to express our condolences to the family, friends, and
colleagues of Alberto Behar, who died in an airplane crash on January
9th.
Behar, a researcher with Arizona State University's School of Earth and
Space Exploration, who was also employed by NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was a colleague and friend to many
of us.
His contributions to the scientific understanding of the polar regions
were varied and significant, focusing mainly on robotic systems for
measuring ice sheets in the Antarctic and Greenland.
His National Science Foundation-supported research included developing
new devices that allowed researchers to safely and cleanly explore
subglacial lakes and underwater vehicles that measure ocean and ice
interactions in the Amundsen Sea as well as the deployment of global
positioning system sensors to measure ice-mass loss in the Antarctica.
He personally designed and built many instruments and vehicles that have
expanded our understanding of both polar regions. Behar and his
brilliant engineering, which advanced polar research and reflected his
own passionate desire to explore the unknown, will be missed.
We express our deepest sympathy and our regrets to his wife Mary, and
the couple's three children, Indra, Isis, and Athena.
Dr. Kelly K. Falkner
Director, Division of Polar Programs
National Science Foundation
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