Position
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
Role
Director, PPPL
Office Phone
Email
Education
B.A., Physics, Oxford University, 1981
M.A., Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 1983
Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 1985
Bio/Description
Research Interests:
- Fusion Theory, Space and Astrophysical Plasmas, Energy Policy
Awards & Honors (selected)
- Knight Batchelor, Queen’s Birthday Honours, 2018
- Honorary Fellowship, Institute of Engineering and Technology, 2015
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 2014
- Fellow the Royal Society, 2014
- Glazebrook Medal of the Institute of Physics, 2012
- Honorary Professor University of York, 2009
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, 2004
- Fellow American Physical Society, 1998
- Physics Department Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCLA, 1993, 96, 97, 2006
- Charlotte Elizabeth Proctor Fellowship from Princeton University, 1984-85
- Harkness Fellowship, 1981-83
- Scholarship from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, 1978-81
Teaching
- APC 503/AST 557 Analytical Techniques in Differential Equations
Selected Publications
Over 158 publications including 23 Physical Review Letters. Google scholar page:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zJrztlwAAAAJ&hl=en