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Fox, William (Will)

Fox, William (Will)

Assistant Professor
Physics
Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics
1201F Energy Research Facility
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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D., Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
  • B.A., Physics, Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University, 20013

BACKGROUND

Dr. William Fox was a Principal Research Physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and a Lecturer in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University.  Between his finishing his undergraduate degree in Physics from Princeton and starting graduate school, he worked for a year teaching math and physics at a high school in Kathmandu, Nepal.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research, APS Division of Plasma Physics (2020)
  • Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research, APS Division of Plasma Physics (2019)

Orcid: 0000-0001-6289-858X, Google Scholar

  • High-Energy-Density Plasma Physics
  • Plasma Astrophysics

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