Division of Plasma Physics

The American Physical Society has elected the Society's 2021 Fellows. Congratulations to the members below who were nominated by Division of Plasma Physics.

Larry R. Baylor
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Citation: For experimental investigations in the physics of fueling magnetic fusion plasmas with hydrogenic pellets and the development and demonstration of pellet injection for use in the mitigation of edge localized modes and disruptions in fusion plasmas.

Tilo Doeppner
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For pioneering new regimes of warm dense matter experimental science from Mbar to Gbar pressures on high-energy lasers and light sources, relevant to understanding brown dwarf and white dwarf interiors and inertial confinement fusion science.

John Edison Foster
The University of Michigan
Citation: For contributions to improving fundamental understanding of transport across the span of low temperature plasmas, from space propulsion to plasma-liquid interfaces, and for translating that understanding to the development of technologies that benefit society.

Alberto Loarte
ITER Organization
Citation: For seminal contributions to the understanding of phenomena controlling thermal and particle fluxes to material surfaces in magnetically confined systems including plasma detachment, edge-localized modes, and their control.

Tammy Ma
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For outstanding scientific contributions and leadership in the field of intense laser-matter interactions and inertial fusion energy science.

Steven James Rose
Imperial College London
Citation: For significant contributions to the understanding of the atomic and radiation physics of high energy density plasmas in both laboratory and astrophysical settings.

Michael Swisdak
University of Maryland
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the understanding of magnetic reconnection, including diamagnetic effects, locating regions with a pressure agyrotropy, and applications of reconnection at the boundary of the heliosphere.

Xueqiao Xu
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Citation: For wide-ranging contributions to the understanding of the tokamak edge, including edge pedestal stability and the onset and evolution of edge localized modes and for leading the development of edge simulation models and codes.