Patrick H. Diamond

Not to be confused with Patrick Diamond, a policy advisor in the United Kingdom.
Patrick H. Diamond
Born
Patrick Henry Diamond
NationalityAmerican
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (Ph.D.)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPlasma physics
InstitutionsUniversity of California San Diego
ThesisTheory of phase space density granulation in magnetoplasma (1979)
Doctoral advisorThomas H. Dupree

Patrick Henry Diamond is an American theoretical plasma physicist. He is currently a professor at the University of California, San Diego,[1] and a director of the Fusion Theory Institute at the National Fusion Research Institute in Daejeon, South Korea, where the KSTAR Tokamak is operated.[2]

In 2011, Diamond was jointly awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize with Akira Hasegawa and Kunioki Mima for important contributions to the theory of turbulent transport in plasmas.[3][4] In addition to applications in controlled nuclear fusion, he also specializes in astrophysical plasmas.[5]

  1. ^ "Patrick H. Diamond — UC San Diego Fusion and Astrophysical Plasma Physics Group". fapp.ucsd.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "UC San Diego | Professor Patrick Diamond named Director of New Fusion Theory Institute - Daejeon, Korea". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Stroth, U; Hidalgo, C (2011). "38th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 53 (12): 120201. doi:10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/120201. ISSN 0741-3335. S2CID 250854312.
  4. ^ "UC San Diego | Patrick Diamond shares Hannes Alfvén Prize". physics.ucsd.edu. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Vishniac, Ethan T.; Jin, Liping; Diamond, P. H. (1991). "Dynamos and angular momentum transport in accretion disks". Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics. 3 (8): 2374–2378. Bibcode:1991PhFlB...3.2374V. doi:10.1063/1.859606. ISSN 0899-8221.