Félicie Albert elected vice chair of APS Division of Plasma Physics
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Félicie Albert, LLNL scientist and director of the Jupiter Laser Facility, will lead the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Executive Committee through various leadership roles over the next four years.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist and director of the Jupiter Laser Facility Félicie Albert has been elected to serve as vice chair of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Plasma Physics (DDP) Executive Committee.
Established in 1959, the objective of DPP is the advancement and dissemination of the knowledge, understanding, and applications of plasmas—assemblages of charged particles of natural and laboratory origin.
In this four-year leadership commitment, Albert will serve as chair of the APS-DPP fellowship committee in the first year and then chair the program committee for the APS-DPP annual meeting in the second. In her third year of service, Albert will chair the division, where she will lead the APS-DPP executive committee in running the division, proposing new initiatives, and working with APS to ensure a vibrant and thriving plasma physics community. In her fourth year she will serve as past chair of the division.
Albert first became a member of the APS and attended the meeting of the APS-DPP as an LLNL postdoctoral researcher in 2009. “There has never been a better time to be part of DPP,” said Albert. “Scientifically, we’ve seen so many breakthroughs in our field and are seeing the prospects of a clean energy source provided by fusion, both from magnetic and inertial confinement, become a reality. And plasmas are so much more! They have unparalleled breadth in temperature, density, and pressures, beat particle acceleration energy-records, help us understand space and planets, devise new means of propulsion, and have the potential to revolutionize medical and industrial applications.”
As a member of the executive committee Albert’s goals will be threefold: Working across sub-disciplines by reaching out to all members, encouraging cross fertilization and including all sub-disciplines when forming sub-committees; 2) continuing to build an inclusive and diverse community by ensuring every one of the division’s members is heard and represented, especially in awards and invited talks at the annual meeting; 3) promoting plasma physics to the greater public by placing emphasis on outreach to young audiences and communication with the public and the government.
In this role, Albert is excited to build an inclusive, diverse, and vibrant plasma physics community, bringing an increase in visibility to LLNL and developing new working relationships along the way.
