RUSSELL TARG
Russell Targ, 40-year-old specialist in lasers and
plasma research, as well as parapsychological and para-
physical phenomena, came to SRI as a senior research
physicist in 1972.
A member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, the American Physical Society, and the Optical
Society of America, Mr. Targ did early work in the development
of the laser, in the technology of ultra high vacuum and ion
pump design and is the inventor of the tunable plasma ,
oscillator at microwave frequencies. He has published more
than 25 technical papers in the fields of laser research,
gas,plasma technology, and optical communications. His
recent laser research includes work on the development of
a multi-kilowatt compact, self-contained C02 laser, together
with related techniques to achieve high-power visible and
ultraviolet lasers.
Mr. Targ is also the co-founder and president of
Parapsychology Research Group Inc., a non-profit Palo Alto-
based organization which has conducted investigations and
programs in the field of psychic research since 1962.
Mr. Targ graduated from Queens College, New York, in
1954, with a B.S. degree in physics and did graduate work
in physics at Columbia University. He is a,native of Chicago.
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