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Biography:
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Dave received his B.S. and Ph.D. in plasma physics from MIT in 1958 and 1962, respectively. From 1962 to 1970 he held research and faculty positions at Stanford University, Culham Laboratory (England), and Yale University. In 1970 he joined Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) (https://www.llnl.gov/) as a theoretical plasma physicist for Magnetic Fusion Energy (MFE) and in 1983 became Deputy Associate Director for MFE. In 1988 he was named Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute for Fusion Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He returned to LLNL in 1991 in as Associate Director for Energy. From 1995 to 2006 he was a Senior Vice-President, Energy Group, General Atomics (GA) in San Diego (www.ga.com). He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and in 1988 served as Chair of the Division of Plasma Physics. He has also served as technical editor for plasma physics for several scientific journals.
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