Anthony L. Peratt

Anthony L. Peratt received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1971, USC, Los Angeles; the MSEE degree, USC, in 1967; and the BSEE degree, California State Polytechnic University. He was a Staff Member at Lawrence Livermore National Lab., 1972–1979; Guest Physicist at Max Planck Institute Plasmaphysik, 1975–1977, and Royal Institute of Technology in 1985; Los Alamos National Lab. since 1981, Applied Theoretical Physicist and Physics Divisions, Associate Lab. Directorate Scientific Advisor, US Department of Energy 1995–1999. Dr. Peratt’s research interests include high-energy plasmas, intense particle beams, inertial confinement fusion, pulsed power, lasers, intense-power microwaves, high-performance computing, plasma astrophysics and cosmology. He is Organizer of space plasmas, IEEE, 1987–1989; Director of International Workshops on Space Plasmas, 1989–2003; Editor of Transactions on Plasma Science, Space Plasmas 1986–2007; Senior Editor, 2007. He is a Member of Plasma Science and Applications and Nuclear and Plasma Science Society; General Chairman of the International Conference on Plasma Science, 1994; and Fellow of the IEEE, 1999. He is a Member of the American Physics Society, American Astronomy Society, Eta Kappa Nu; US Department of Energy Distinguished Performance Award, 1987, 1999; Dr. Peratt is Author of Physics of the Plasma Universe, Springer-Verlag, 1992; Editor of Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995; Editor of Advanced Topics in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. Dr. Peratt was awarded the Norsk Hydro Kristian Birkeland Lecturer prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway, in 1995.

Biography Updated on 17 August 2007