David E. Newman is a professor in the

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

department at the

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for cla ...

. He has a Ph.D. in

plasma physics Plasma ()πλάσμα
, Henry George Liddell, R ...

and conducts research on transport dynamics in

fusion energy Fusion power is a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions. In a fusion process, two lighter atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, while releasing energy. Devices des ...

using numerical and complex systems models.

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Living people Place of birth missing (living people) University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty Year of birth missing (living people) American nuclear physicists {{US-physicist-stub