Amitava Bhattacharjee (physicist)

Scientific careerFieldsPlasma physicsInstitutionsColumbia University
University of Iowa
University of New Hampshire
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory WebsitePPPL Theory Department - Amitava Bhattacharjee

Amitava Bhattacharjee is a theoretical plasma physicist and a professor at Princeton University. He was awarded the 2022 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for his work on dusty plasmas and fundamental plasma processes such as magnetic reconnection, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and dynamo actions, as well as his contributions in connecting laboratory plasmas to astrophysical plasmas.^[1]