HISTORICAL FACULTY · JOINED 1979 · RETIRED 2016
Dr. Peter A. Nwankwo
Former Director of Field Observation
Professor Emeritus of Geophysics and Field Systems
Remote geophysical observation, polar instrumentation, timing transfer, and long-baseline field calibration.
STATUSEMERITUSYEARS1949–
HISTORICAL PROFILE
Peter A. Nwankwo spent more than three decades developing remote observation methods for Wyman field programs. He helped standardize polar deployment, calibration, and recovery procedures used by later North Atlantic and high-latitude networks.
AREA
Observation & Field Systems
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geophysics — Columbia University
B.S., Physics — Howard University