Farhat Nadeem Beg from the

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, was awarded the status of Fellow in the

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, after he was nominated by his Division of Plasma Physics in 2009, for contributions to the understanding of physics of short pulse high intensity laser matter interactions and pulsed power driven dense

Z-pinch In fusion power research, the Z-pinch (zeta pinch) is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electric current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses it (see pinch). These systems were originally referred to simpl ...

es. His empirical scaling of

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temperature versus laser intensity has contributed significantly to the understanding of

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generation and transport in matter. He was the recipient of the Department of Energy Early Career Award in 2005 as well as the

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Early Achievement Award in 2008. He also has been a fellow of the IEEE since 2011. He currently is the director of the Center for Energy Research at UCSD with a focus on

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