Vice President of Systems Engineering
Zap Energy
Matthew C. Thompson leads a 45-person division at Zap Energy tasked with developing fusion power plant technologies including repetitive pulsed power, liquid metal walls, and durable electrodes. Dr. Thompson received his BS in physics from Stanford Univ., and his MS and PhD in experimental plasma physics are from UCLA. He has worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, TAE Technologies, and BAE Systems. Dr. Thompson is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), past Chair of the APS Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, and a past Chair of the APS Committee on Careers and Professional Development. He has mentored numerous students, co-founded a major mentoring program called IMPact, and writes about career issues for physical scientists, including in a published book on the subject.
Fusion Energy is Coming: The Key Role of Power Electronics to Commercial Fusion
Monday, February 26, 2024
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM PST