The task force was convened to recommend actionable strategies for strengthening existing collaborations and promoting new partnerships that capitalize on the complementary strengths of both the U.S. Department of Energy Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University faculty and researchers.
The task force was co-chaired by Dean for Research Peter Schiffer and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Director Steven Cowley and consisted of faculty and laboratory members.
The task force met during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Members
Chair
- Steven Cowley, Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory; Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
- Peter Schiffer, Dean for Research; Class of 1909 Professor of Physics
Faculty members
- Craig Arnold, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Vice Dean for Innovation in the Office of the Dean for Research; Co-Leader, Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation
- Emily Carter, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment; Senior Strategic Advisor and Associate Laboratory Director for Applied Materials and Sustainability Sciences, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Nathalie de Leon, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jon Menard, Deputy Director for Research, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Michael Mueller, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Jim Olsen, Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics
- Szymon Rusinkiewicz, David M. Siegel '83 Professor of Computer Science; Chair, Department of Computer Science; Director, Program in Robotics and Intelligent Systems
- Michael Strauss, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences; Chair, Department of Astrophysical Sciences
- Jim Sturm, Stephen R. Forrest Professor in Electrical Engineering; Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Co-Director, Program in Plasma Science and Technology
- Jeroen Tromp, Blair Professor of Geology; Professor of Geosciences and Applied and Computational Mathematics; Director, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering
Secretary
- Karla Ewalt, Senior Associate Dean for Research
