John R. Ferron

John R. Ferron received the B.S. degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA, in 1974, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 1982. He is an Experimental Physicist with General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA, involved in DIII-D tokamak. His research emphasis has been on high beta tokamak discharges and the effect of current and pressure profile shapes on stability and confinement. His current research interests include the development of steady-state advanced tokamak discharges utilizing off-axis neutral beam and electron cyclotron current drive in plasmas with a large fraction of self-driven bootstrap current.