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Scientific Advisors
Leading plasma physicists, magnet engineers, materials scientists, and computational leaders guiding reactor design and confinement theory.
Dr. Steven O. Dean
Fusion Policy & History
DOE / Fusion Power Associates
2025–Present
Dr. Patrick H. Diamond
Plasma Turbulence & Transport
UCSD
2025–Present
Dr. Jack J. Dongarra
HPC & Numerical Algorithms · Turing Award
Turing Award laureate
2025–Present
Dr. Nasr M. Ghoniem
Chief Material Scientist
UCLA
2025–Present
Dr. Siegfried Glenzer
Plasma Physics & Laser Fusion
Stanford / SLAC
2022–Present
Dr. David A. Hammer
Pulsed-Power Fusion
Cornell
2025–Present
Dr. Donald A. Spong
Plasma Theory & Fusion Confinement
ORNL
2025–Present
Dr. Curtis Smith
Risk Assessment & Nuclear PRA
MIT / Idaho National Lab
2025–Present
RADM (Ret.) David GogginsTerm ending 2026
Naval Engineering & Power-Plant Design
U.S. Navy
2023–2026
Dr. Konstantin BatyginFormer
Chief Mathematician
Caltech
2022–2025
Dr. Ruben FairFormer
Magnet Design / ITER Liaison
PPPL / Jefferson Lab
2022–2025
Dr. Paul S. WeissFormer
Materials & Nanotechnology
UCLA
2022–2025