Miklos Porkolab

Miklos Porkolab
Miklos Porkolab
Born	March 24, 1939; Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian-American
Alma mater	University of British Columbia (B.S.) ; Stanford University (M.S., Ph.D.)
Known for	plasma waves, plasma microturbulence, phase-contrast imaging
Awards	Humboldt Prize (1976); John Dawson Award (1984); Karoly Simony Memorial Plaque and Prize (2007); Fusion Power Associates Distinguished Career Award (2010); James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (2009); Hannes Alfvén Prize (2013);
	Scientific career
Fields	Plasma Physics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Microinstabilities and Diffusion Processes in a Thermal Plasma (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Gordon S. Kino

Miklos Porkolab (born March 24, 1939) is a Hungarian-American physicist specializing in plasma physics.

Miklos Porkolab
Born	(1939-03-24) March 24, 1939 Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian-American
Alma mater	University of British Columbia (B.S.) Stanford University (M.S., Ph.D.)
Known for	plasma waves, plasma microturbulence, phase-contrast imaging
Awards	Humboldt Prize (1976) John Dawson Award (1984) Karoly Simony Memorial Plaque and Prize (2007) Fusion Power Associates Distinguished Career Award (2010) James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (2009) Hannes Alfvén Prize (2013)
Scientific career
Fields	Plasma Physics
Institutions	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Microinstabilities and Diffusion Processes in a Thermal Plasma (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Gordon S. Kino