Jeffrey P. Freidberg was head of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

from 1997 to 2003. He is currently Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering ( Emeritus) at MIT, and a collaborator at NYU's

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (commonly known as Courant or CIMS) is the mathematics research school of New York University (NYU), and is among the most prestigious mathematics schools and mathematical sciences research cente ...

. He retired as associate director of

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a university research center for the study of plasmas, fusion science and technology. It was originally founded in 1976 as the Plasma Fusion Cente ...

and from his academic duties in 2011. He remained involved in the research activities of the PSFC Theory Group and wrote a new textbook on

magnetohydrodynamics Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD; also called magneto-fluid dynamics or hydromagnetics) is the study of the magnetic properties and behaviour of electrically conducting fluids. Examples of such magnetofluids include plasmas, liquid metals, ...

theory called ''Ideal MHD'' that was published in 2014 (a successor to his 1987 book ''Ideal Magnetohydronamics''). He is also author of a book titled ''Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy'' first published in 2007, that was based on a series of course notes from MIT graduate courses on

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

and

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 de ...

.; He attended the

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United Sta ...

(now New York University Tandon School of Engineering) earning a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1961, a M.S. in electrophysics in 1962 and a Ph.D. in electrophysics in 1964.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freidberg, J. P. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American physicists Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Fellows of the American Physical Society