Recent News
I was elected in October 2004 as a
Fellow of
the American Physical Society upon the recommendation
of the Division of Plasma Physics
(news release).
The citation reads, "For seminal contributions of experimental research on basic
physical processes important to both laboratory and astrophysical plasmas, including
dynamo effects, magnetic reconnection, magnetic helicity conservation, and
magnetorotational instability."
I shared
the 2003 Kaul Foundation Prize
for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and Technology Development
by Princeton University.
(news release)
The award citation reads, "For the thorough experimental investigation
of driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma. In this work,
careful diagnostic studies of the current sheet structure and dynamics,
ion heating, and associated wave activity have provided a major advance in
the understanding of reconnection processes in laboratory and
astrophysical plasmas."
A new
Center for Magnetic Self-Organization in Laboratory and
Astrophysical Plasmas has been established on September 15, 2003
to investigate fundamental processes in laboratory
and astrophysical plasmas, including
dynamo, magnetic reconnection, conservation of magnetic helicity,
angular momentum transport, ion heating and magnetic chaos.
The Center is funded as a Physics Frontier Center
by National Science Fundation in coordination
with the Department of Energy.
I shared the 2002 Award for
Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
by the Division of Plasma
Physics of the American Physical Society.
(news release)
The award citation reads, "For the experimental investigation
of driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma. In this work,
careful diagnostic studies of the current sheet structure, dynamics and
associated wave activity provide a comprehensive picture of the
reconnection process."