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Michael Kotschenreuther

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Michael Thomas Kotschenreuther is an American physicist.

Kotschenreuther earned a doctorate at the Princeton University, where he authored the thesis The effect of small-scale fluctuations on several plasma processes.[1] He subsequently joined the Institute for Fusion Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.[2][3] In 1998, Kotschenreuther was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society "[f]or fundamental contributions to the self-consistent theory of magnetic island formation, for the implementation of the delta f numerical technique, and for developing theoretical techniques that quantitatively describe plasma transport in tokamaks."[4] In 2001, he was promoted to senior research scientist at the Institute for Fusion Studies.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kotschenreuther, Michael Thomas (1983). The effect of small-scale fluctuations on several plasma processes (PhD). Princeton University. ProQuest 303176503.
  2. ^ "Doubts Cast on Grand Fusion Experiment". Science. 5 December 1996. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Michael Kotschenreuther promoted at University of Texas". Fusion Power Associates. 1 September 2001. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  4. ^ "APS fellow archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 21 February 2022.