PPST Faculty

The faculty for the PPST is interdepartmental. Members are from the departments of Chemical 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 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 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