Francis Chen

Born: November 18, 1929 (Canton, China)

Education

1950: AB, Harvard University
1953: MA, Harvard University (Physics)
1954: PhD, Harvard University (Physics)

Major Positions

1954–1969: Princeton University, Senior Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
1969–1994: University of California, Los Angeles, Professor of Physics
1994–present: University of California, Los Angeles, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering

Other Positions

1962–1963: Nuclear Research Center, Fontenay, France, Visiting Scientist

Selected Part-Time Positions

1972–1977: Chair, Fusion Advisory Committee, Electric Power Research Institute
1983–1983: Chair, Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society
1993–1994: Chair, Naval Studies Board Panel on Plasma Processing, United States Navy

Selected Awards and Honors

1968: American Physical Society, Fellow
1995: American Physical Society, James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics

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