William L. Kruer
William L. Kruer | |
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| Born | April 20, 1942 |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | University of Louisville (B.S., M.S.) Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
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| Fields | Plasma physics |
William L. Kruer (born 20 April 1942, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American physicist, specializing in plasma physics.[1]
Kruer studied at the University of Louisville (Master's degree, 1965) and received his PhD in 1969 from Princeton University. Afterwards he was a research associate scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and from 1970 a full member of the research staff. Starting in 1972, he was a group leader for theoretical plasma physics and simulation at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and from 1993 a chief scientist in plasma physics there. He wrote an important book on laser plasma interactions.[2]
In 1990, he received the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Kruer, William L." history.aip.org. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
- ^ Kruer, William L. (2001). The Physics of Laser Plasma Interactions. Westview Press. ISBN 9780813340838.
- ^ "1990 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics Recipient". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
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