William Dorland — Biographical Profile
- Maxwell Prize (2024)
Primary Academic Discipline: Gyrokinetics & Plasma Turbulence Simulation|Active Research Era: Contemporary
Co-winner of the 2024 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for trailblazing computer simulations and foundational work on gyrokinetics and plasma turbulence.
- University of Maryland
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Academic Career & Impact on Plasma Physics
William Dorland is a professor of physics at the University of Maryland and a leading developer of gyrokinetic simulation codes, including the widely used GS2 and AstroGK frameworks. With Gregory Hammett he was awarded the 2024 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for trailblazing computer simulations and foundational work on gyrokinetics and plasma turbulence.
His work has redefined how the fusion community models turbulent transport in tokamaks, stellarators, and astrophysical accretion flows, and his codes are integral to the design and interpretation of experiments at JET, DIII-D, NSTX-U, and Wendelstein 7-X.
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