Ed is currently the Research Director of PPPL's National Spherical Torus Experiment. His leadership roles in the national fusion program have included chairmanship of the U.S. Fusion Transport Task Force (TTF) and U.S. co-leadership of the International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) Internal Transport Barrier group. Ed received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 1988 and was named a fellow of APS in 2000.

His start date at the Lab is still being finalized in order to ensure a smooth transition to his new duties. Don Correll will continue his acting role until Ed is available to begin serving as the new FEP Leader. The announcement was made by William H. Goldstein, Associate Director, Physics and Advanced Technologies, LLNL.