Steven Cowley

Sir

Steve Cowley

FRS FREng FInstP
Sir; Steve Cowley; FRS FREng FInstP
	Steven Cowley at the Royal Society admissions day in 2014
Born	Steven Charles Cowley; 1959; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA); Princeton University (PhD);
Known for	Fusion power
Children	Sean Cowley and Brendan Cowley
Awards	Knight Bachelor (2018); Glazebrook Medal (2012); Harkness Fellowship (1981–83)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics; Plasmas; Fusion; Astrophysics;
Institutions	Imperial College London; University of California, Los Angeles; Culham Centre for Fusion Energy; United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority;
Thesis	Some Aspects of Anomalous Transport in Tokamaks: Stochastic Magnetic Fields, Tearing Modes and Nonlinear Ballooning Instabilities (Convection) (1985)
Doctoral advisor	Russell Kulsrud
Website	www.ccfe.ac.uk/researcher_detail.aspx?id=27

Sir Steven Charles Cowley FRS FREng FInstP (born 1959) is a British theoretical physicist and international authority on nuclear fusion and astrophysical plasmas. He has served as director of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) since 1 July 2018. Previously he served as president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, since October 2016. and head of the EURATOM / CCFE Fusion Association and chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).

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