Richard G. Fizell was born in Philadelphia, PA, on February 21, 1947. He received the B.S. degree from Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, in 1969, the M.A. degree from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 1970, and the Ph.D. degree from Drexel in 1976, all in physics.From 1969 until 1978, he worked for the U.S. Naval Air Development Center, Warminster, PA, planning and designing electronics systems for antisubmarine-warfare aircraft. He was on the faculty of Baptist College, Charleston, SC, in 1978-1979, and was at Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS from 1979 to 1982. In 1982 he joined the Applied Ocean Acoustics Branch at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, where his interests include high-resolution signal processing and matched-field processing.
Dr. Fizell is a member of the Acoustical Society of America.