Troy Carter
Director, Fusion Energy Division,Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Role
- Director, Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Location
- Oak Ridge, TN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Troy Carter
Troy Carter is the Director of Fusion Energy Division at ORNL. Dr. Carter was previously a Professor of Physics at UCLA and the Director of the Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF), a national user facility for plasma science supported by DOE and NSF. His research into waves, instabilities, turbulence and transport in magnetically confined plasmas is motivated by the desire to understand processes in space and astrophysical plasmas as well as by the need to develop carbon-free electricity generation via nuclear fusion. Dr. Carter led the DOE FESAC Long Range Planning process that resulted in the 2021 report “Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas.” He is a Fellow of the APS and is a recipient of the APS DPP John Dawson Excellence in Plasma Physics Research Award and of the Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award. He received BS degrees in Physics and Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1995 and a PhD in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 2001.
Experience
Director, Fusion Energy Division
Jul 2024 — Present · Oak Ridge, TN, US
Education
North Carolina State University
BS, Physics
1991 — 1995
North Carolina State University
BS, Nuclear Engineering
1991 — 1995
Princeton University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysical Sciences, Plasma Physics
1995 — 2001
Skills
- Physics
- Plasma Physics
- Science
- Fortran
- Labview
- Higher Education
- Laser
- Mathematical Modeling
- Experimentation
- Teaching
- Latex
- Optics
- Spectroscopy
- Lecturing
- University Teaching
- Numerical Analysis
- Scientific Computing
- Theory
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