Dahlburg joins General Atomics.

Dr. Jill Dahlburg, formerly of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), has joined the General Atomics Fusion Group. Her responsibilities at General Atomics will be divided between Director of GA's Division of Inertial Fusion Technology and Co-Director with Dr. Vincent Chan of GA's Center for Fusion Theory and Computations. In the former position, she will work with senior management and the technical team to further realize the vision of a Center of Excellence in target fabrication science and technology, as well as develop the fast-ignition fusion approach with our national and international colleagues. As Co-Directors of the T/C Center, Jill and Vince will work to expand and strengthen GA's capability in this important area, enabling GA to pursue new computational opportunities and to develop the tools supporting its work in fast ignition and other photonics topics.

During her 15-year career at NRL, Jill made significant contributions to plasma physics and inertial confinement fusion (ICF). She spearheaded the development of RAD3D, the first three-dimensional multigroup radiation transport hydrocode appropriate for laser-plasma modeling. RAD3D has remained a premier simulation code in that field for more than a decade. Using this and other laser matter interaction simulation tools, Jill worked on and contributed to the understanding of the Raleigh Taylor instability, implosion and coronal hydrodynamics, and laser beam imprinting. Her collaborations have included scientists in both the national and international ICF communities.

Because of her work and reputation in the field, Jill has served on numerous review and other committees for the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Academy of Sciences! National Research Council, the National Science Foundation, and the American Physical Society. Her awards include the NRL Alan Berman Research Publication Award in 1991, 1994, 1996, and 2000; and being named APS Centennial Speaker for 1998-99 and APS/DPP Distinguished Lecturer for 1999-00. Most recently, Jill has been Head of the Distributed Sensor Technology Office for the Tactical Electronic Warfare Division at NFL. Jill can be reached at [e-mail]