Steven Cowley
Sir Steve Cowley | |
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Cowley in 2014 | |
| 7th Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Richard J. Hawryluk (interim) |
| 31st President of the Corpus Christi College | |
| In office 1 October 2016 – 30 September 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Carwardine |
| Succeeded by | Helen Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Steven Charles Cowley 1959 (age 65–66) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Children | Sean Cowley and Brendan Cowley |
| Website | www |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Fusion power |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor (2018) Glazebrook Medal (2012) Harkness Fellowship (1981–83) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Some Aspects of Anomalous Transport in Tokamaks: Stochastic Magnetic Fields, Tearing Modes and Nonlinear Ballooning Instabilities (Convection) (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | Russell Kulsrud |
Sir Steven Charles Cowley (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). He was appointed chair of the board of trustees of the Faraday Institution in July 2024.