Gary A. Hollock (S'76-M'80) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in 1984, after working for several years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dr. Hallock has a number of teaching interests at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He has received a number of honors and awards, including the Dumont Award, EFAC Faculty Excellence Award, NASA Certificate of Appreciation, and Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship. Dr. Hallock's research is in plasma science and involves two different areas in this applied science field. The first involves high performance Hall-type plasma thrusters, which are being developed for station keeping of the next generation of communications satellites. Dr. Hallock and his students are concerned with the basic plasma aspects of the thrusters and the effects of the emitted plasma plume on the satellite microwave communication signals. The second area of focus involves the development of sophisticated diagnostics to be used in studies of plasma confinement and turbulence in controlled fusion experiments. Examples of these diagnostics include far-infrared interferometers and phase contrast imaging systems for studying plasma turbulence.