Driving the innovations needed to bring fusion power to the grid
Engineering technologies that turn fusion concepts into real-world devices
Exploring the fundamental physics of the fourth state of matter
Understanding how fusion plasmas interact with, stress, and alter materials
Studying how matter reacts to extreme temperature and pressure
Turning breakthrough fusion and plasma research into practical technologies
Swarthmore College, BA (1985)
Oxford University, MSc (1987)
Harvard University, PhD (1993)
Neutrino physics.
Prof. Conrad's work focuses on the lightest known matter particles, the neutrino. She is active in experiments at Fermilab (MiniBooNE, MicroBooNE and SBND) and in the IceCube Experiment in Antarctica. Her connection to PSFC is through developing cyclotrons as drivers for intense neutrinos sources. She is the co-spokesperson of the IsoDAR/DAEdALUS projects, which make use of cyclotrons that accelerate 5 mA of H2+ ions.