PPST Faculty

The faculty for the PPST is interdepartmental. Members are from the departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Astrophysical Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics.

PPST Directors

  • Samuel A. Cohen, Astrophysical Sciences and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • Szymon Suckewer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

PPST Executive Committee

  • Jay B. Benziger, Chemical and Biological Engineering
    • Organic Vapor Phase Deposition of Thin Film LEDs and Solar Cells
    • Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels
    • Dynamics and Control of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
    • New Polymer Composite Materials for Fuel Cells
  • Steven L. Bernasek, Chemistry
    • Dynamics of Gas-surface Interactions
    • Chirality in Self-assembled Monolayers
    • Surface Chemistry
  • Edgar Y. Choueiri, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    • Plasma Propulsion for Spacecraft
    • Plasma Instabilities and Turbulence in Collisional Low-temperature Plasmas
    • Plasma Dynamics in Space and Laboratory Devices
    • Astronautics
  • Samuel A. Cohen, Astrophysical Sciences and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Aneutronic FRC Fusion Reactor Research
    • Plasma Flow through Apertures
  • Ronald C. Davidson, Astrophysical Sciences, Physics, and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Advanced Particle Accelerators
    • Nonneutral Plasmas
    • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Nathaniel J. Fisch, Astrophysical Sciences and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • Plasma Waves
    • Current Drive
    • Laser/Plasma Interaction
    • Plasma Propulsion
  • William Happer, Physics
    • Spin Polarized Atoms and Nuclei and their Applications
  • Yannis G. Kevrekidis, Chemical and Biological Engineering
    • Nonlinear Dynamics and Numerical Bifurcation
    • Multiscale Modeling and Computation
    • Model Reduction and Manifold Learning Techniques
    • Fuel Cell Dynamics, Instabilities and Control
  • Herschel A. Rabitz, Chemistry
    • Controlling Events at the Atomic and Molecular Scales with Shaped Laser Pulses acting as Photonic Reagents
    • Accelerating the Discovery of Complex Materials Formulations and Efficacious Molecules for Targeted Applications
  • James C. Sturm, Electrical Engineering
    • Forming Microelectronics and Macroelectronics
    • Large-area Electronics, Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Thin Film Transistors
    • Flat Panel and Flexible Displays
    • Biological Applications of Nanostructures
  • Szymon Suckewer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    • X-ray Laser Development and Applications
    • Powerful Picosecond and Femtosecond Lasers
    • Laser Interactions with Matter
    • Lasers for Gas and Plasma Diagnostics
    • Plasma Spark Plug for Internal Combustion Engines
  • Sigurd Wagner, Electrical Engineering
    • Flexible Electronics, Solar Cells
    • Amorphous Semiconductors, Thin-film Electronics