Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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faculty & Senior research scientists
At MIT many faculty members and senior research scientists actively participate in plasma physics and fusion research. This provides a wide variety of research topics and thesis advisors from which students may choose. Listed below are the faculty and senior research scientists and engineers who are affiliated with the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Scientists with a department affiliation are often interested in supervising students from another department.
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Prof. Abraham Bers, Professor (retired)
Prof. Ronald Parker, Professor
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Prof. Ronald Ballinger, Professor, (NED/Mat. Sci & Eng.)
Prof. Jeffrey Freidberg, Associate Director PSFC, Professor
Prof. Ian Hutchinson, Head, Nuclear Engineering, Professor
Prof. Kim Molvig, Associate Professor
Prof. Dennis Whyte, Associate Professor
Physics
Dr. Jan Egedal-Pederson, Assistant Professor, Physics Research
Dr. Earl Marmar, Senior Research Scientist, Alcator Project
Prof. Miklos Porkolab, Director of PSFC, Physics Research
Dr. Richard Temkin, Associate Director PSFC, Senior Research Scientist, Head, Waves & Beams
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Dr. Peter Catto, Assistant Director PSFC, Senior Research Scientist, Physics Research
Dr. Daniel Cohn, Senior Research Scientist, Head, Plasma Technology Division
Dr. Martin Greenwald, Senior Research Scientist, Alcator Project
Dr. Jay Kesner, Senior Research Scientist, Physics Research , (LDX)
Dr. Bruce Lipschultz, Senior Research Scientist, Alcator Project
Dr. Joseph Minervini, Senior Research Scientist, Head, Plasma Technology & Engineering Division
Dr. Richard Petrasso, Senior Research Scientist, Head, High-Energy-Density Physics
