PPPL researcher Lan Gao wins a DOE $2.75 million early career award to develop innovative diagnostic tools for future fusion energy devices
Princeton Plasma Physics LaboratoryPPPL research scientist Lan Gao received a $2.75 million Early Career Research Program Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for her research on innovative X-ray diagnostics to develop fusion energy. Gao recently became head of PPPL’s High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas Division of the Discovery Plasma Science Department. She is the 11th PPPL scientist to receive the award since 2010.