Fusion energy, Fusion reactor design, International collaborations, Plasma physics, Stellarators, Tokamaks

Michael Zarnstorff is a Senior Research Physicist at PPPL, where he oversees research that ranges from testing ideas for harnessing fusion to developing rockets for space flight. His job encompasses keeping projects aligned with DOE goals and envisioning new research opportunities for PPPL. An award-winning physicist and a co-discoverer of the bootstrap current in magnetically confined fusion plasmas, he joined PPPL in 1984.