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Farhat Beg joined the faculty of the University of California, San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in 2003. He received his Ph.D. from the University of London's Imperial College, where he focused on optical X-ray studies of Z-pinch plasmas. Before joining UC San Diego, Beg worked as a research associate at Imperial College's Blackett Laboratory in London. From 1991 to 1995, he held an Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowship. Beg has authored hundreds of papers, with his work featured in notable publications such as Nature and the Journal of Applied Physics. He serves as the Co-Director of the UC San Diego Fusion Engineering Institute. His research interests include electron proton beam generation, pulse laser interactions, plasma-based X-ray neutron sources, and the dynamics of multi-wire Z-pinch experiments, with a focus on inertial confinement fusion.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, focusing on advanced plasma physics and energy research.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).