Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth(1927-2003)
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth, a world-acclaimed scientist, was one of
the ultimate authorities in plasma and thermonuclear fusion research,
often indicated by the sobriquet the "Pope of Plasma Physics." His
theoretical contributions had been central to the development of
controlled thermonuclear fusion. In the 1950s his pioneering work in
plasma instabilities, together with the pioneering works of A.
Sakharov, I.Tamm, L. Spitzer, Jr., L. A. Artsimovich, and others, led
to the design of the "TOKAMAK," the principal configuration used for
contemporary magnetic thermonuclear fusion experiments.
In addition to his research achievements, he had made significant administrative contributions as a scientific advisor in the fields of energy policy and national defense.
He is the founder and the first director of The Institute for Fusion Studies at Austin, Texas. Rosenbluth was the recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award (1964), the Albert Einstein Award (1967), the James Clerk Maxwell prize in Plasma Physics (1976), and the Enrico Fermi Award (1986). He was the editor-in-chief of "New Ideas in Tokamak Confinement" published by the American Institute of Physics.
Rosenbluth was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Scientist at the General Atomics, San Diego.
In addition to his research achievements, he had made significant administrative contributions as a scientific advisor in the fields of energy policy and national defense.
He is the founder and the first director of The Institute for Fusion Studies at Austin, Texas. Rosenbluth was the recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Memorial Award (1964), the Albert Einstein Award (1967), the James Clerk Maxwell prize in Plasma Physics (1976), and the Enrico Fermi Award (1986). He was the editor-in-chief of "New Ideas in Tokamak Confinement" published by the American Institute of Physics.
Rosenbluth was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego, and a Senior Scientist at the General Atomics, San Diego.