Prize Recipient


Recipient Picture

William Fox
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Citation:

"For original and seminal experiments, supported by simulations, on magnetic reconnection, the ion Weibel instability, and shocks in laboratory astrophysics."

Background:

Will Fox is a Research Scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).  He received his undergraduate degree in 2001 from Princeton University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2009, between which he also taught high school physics and mathematics in Nepal.  Dr. Fox subsequently worked as a Research Scientist at the University of New Hampshire Space Science Center before joining PPPL in 2013.  His research focuses on laboratory experiments and simulations of fundamental phenomena relevant to plasma astrophysics and laboratory plasmas, including magnetic reconnection, collisionless shocks, and Weibel instability.  His work is conducted at a variety of facilities including the Versatile Toroidal Facility at MIT, Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX) at PPPL, the DIII-D Fusion Facility at General Atomics, as well high-energy-density laser facilities including the Omega Laser Facility at the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics, and the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.  He is a member of the American Physical Society.


Selection Committee:

2019 Selection Committee Members: Dustin Froula (Chair), Félice Albert (Vice-Chair), Frederico Fiuza ('18 Recipient), Brett Chapman, Matthew Stoneking