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Lindl Awarded Maxwell Prize

November 25, 2007

Inertial fusion scientist John Lindl has been awarded the prestigious James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics by the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics. His citation reads "for 30 years of continuous plasma physics contributions in high energy density physics and inertial confinement fusion research and scientific management." The prize was established in 1975 to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of plasma physics.

John is currently the Chief Scientist for the National Ignition Facility Programs Directorate at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he has worked since receiving his Ph.D. in astrophysics from Princeton University in 1972. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1993, he was awarded the Edward Teller Medal and, in 1994, he recieved the E. O. Lawrence Award of the U.S. Department of Energy for his work in inertial fusion. He is also a recipient of Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award in 2000.

Further information on the prize and previous recipients is posted at http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/maxwell.cfm

John can be reached at; lindl1@llnl.gov