Steven Cowley

Sir
Steve Cowley
FRS FREng FInstP
Sir Steve Cowley FRS FREng FInstP
	Cowley in 2014
7th Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2018
President	Donald Trump; Joe Biden
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 64–65); Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Children	Sean Cowley and Brendan Cowley
Website	www.ccfe.ac.uk/researcher_detail.aspx?id=27
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA); Princeton University (PhD);
Known for	Fusion power
Awards	Knight Bachelor (2018); Glazebrook Medal (2012); Harkness Fellowship (1981–83)
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics; Plasmas; Fusion; Astrophysics;
Institutions	Imperial College London; University of California, Los Angeles; Culham Centre for Fusion Energy; United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority;
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 FRS FREng FInstP (born 1959)^{[citation needed]} 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.^[5] Previously he served as president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, since October 2016.^[6] and head of the EURATOM / CCFE Fusion Association and chief executive officer of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).^[6]

^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
^ "Professor Steven Cowley FREng FRS". raeng.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.
^ Steven Cowley publications indexed by Google Scholar
^ Steven Cowley at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ "Steven Cowley named director of DOE's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory". Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b Anon (2016). "Cowley, Prof. Steven". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U261946. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Sir Steve Cowley FRS FREng FInstP
Cowley in 2014

7th Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2018
President	Donald Trump Joe Biden
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 64–65) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^[1]
Children	Sean Cowley and Brendan Cowley
Website	www.ccfe.ac.uk/researcher_detail.aspx?id=27

Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA) Princeton University (PhD)
Known for	Fusion power
Awards	Knight Bachelor (2018) Glazebrook Medal (2012)^[2] Harkness Fellowship (1981–83)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Plasmas Fusion Astrophysics^[3]
Institutions	Imperial College London University of California, Los Angeles Culham Centre for Fusion Energy United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Thesis	Some Aspects of Anomalous Transport in Tokamaks: Stochastic Magnetic Fields, Tearing Modes and Nonlinear Ballooning Instabilities (Convection) (1985)
Doctoral advisor	Russell Kulsrud^[4]