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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorJohn Lindl
Dates
January 25, 1946 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Lindl, John
Additional Forms of Names
Lindl, John D.
Biography
Abstract
John Lindl is Chief Scientist, National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (1981-present). His research interests include plasma physics and inertial confinement fusion.
Important Dates
January 25, 1946Birth, Toledo (Ohio).
1968Obtained BS, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1970Obtained MA, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1972Obtained PhD in Astrophysics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1972 – presentPhysicist (1972-1978), Group Leader (1978-1981), Associate Division Leader (1981-1983), Associate Program Leader, Theory and Target Design, and Division Leader (1983-1989), Deputy Program Leader and Division Leader (1989-1990), Deputy Program Leader, Nova Laser Program (1990-1994), and Scientific Director (1994-2005), Inertial Confinement Fusion Program and Chief Scientist, National Ignition Facility (2005-present), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore (Calif.).
2007Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Albright, Penrose Carballo, 1953-
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Clauser, John F. (John Francis), 1942-
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Edwards, David F. (David Franklin)
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Both employed at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Physicist, Group Leader, and Associate Division Leader, Inertial Confinement Fusion Program.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Associate Division Leader, Associate Program Leader, Theory and Target Design, and Division Leader, Deputy Program Leader and Division Leader, Deputy Program Leader, Nova Laser Program, and Scientific Director, Inertial Confinement Fusion Program; and Chief Scientist, National Ignition Facility.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 2007 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1968).
Princeton University. Department of Physics
Obtained MA (1970) and PhD in Astrophysics (1972).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Marshall N. Rosenbluth papers, 1960-2003.
Mandeville Special Collections Library
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA