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Smith to fill new
position as VP
for physics lab
A.J. Stewart Smith *66, who oversees
the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab in
his role as the University’s dean for
research, will
take on the
new position
of vice president
for the
lab Jan. 1.
Princeton has
begun the
search for a
new dean for
research.
PPPL is one of 10 national science
laboratories and a major center for
fusion-energy research. It has been
operated by the University since it was
created in 1951. In 2009 the Department
of Energy awarded Princeton a
five-year, $390 million contract to continue
managing and operating the lab,
with a provision to extend the contract
for five additional years.
“That contract called for greatly
increased University oversight of the
lab,” Smith said. He said he expected to
spend more time in Washington, D.C.,
and would work to “broaden the scope
of activities at the lab.”
The University’s announcement of
the new position came two months
after the White House released a
budget proposal that would cut the
lab’s $85 million annual budget by $10
million. Smith said in mid-April that
discussions about the level of support
for PPPL were continuing in Congress,
but added: “The funding situation is
really serious.” The lab receives more
than a third of the University’s $251
million annual funding for sponsored
research, which makes up about 17 percent
of the University’s budget.
Smith, an authority in high-energy
particle-physics research, expects to
devote more time to his own research
as he begins his new position. π
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