Troy Carter (physicist)
Troy Carter | |
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| Born | Troy Alan Carter July 31, 1973 |
| Education | North Carolina State University (B.S., B.S.), Princeton University (M.A., Ph.D.) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plasma physics |
| Institutions | Oak Ridge National Laboratory UCLA |
| Thesis | Experimental Studies of Fluctuations In a Reconnecting Current Sheet (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Masaaki Yamada Russell Kulsrud |
Troy Alan Carter (born July 31, 1973) is an American plasma physicist and the Director of Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was formerly a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was co-awarded the 2002 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research for his work on driven magnetic reconnection in a laboratory plasma.