Biographical Sketch: Dr., Prof. Kurt F. Schoenberg
Dr. Professor Kurt Schoenberg
Dr. Kurt Schoenberg is presently a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, where he is helping develop the experimental program in High Energy Density Physics at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). Schoenberg is also an affiliate scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to these positions, he was Director of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Experimental Physical Sciences at Los Alamos. As LANSCE Director, Schoenberg led a premier accelerator-based user facility for research underpinning Laboratory missions in national security, energy security, and fundamental science.
Dr. Schoenberg received his B.S. in Engineering Physics with high honors from the University of Illinois in 1972. In 1979, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s research staff. Schoenberg’s research expertise and accomplishments, as documented by over 100 publications, include the experimental and theoretical investigation of magnetically and inertially confined plasmas for controlled thermonuclear fusion, intense particle accelerators, plasma accelerators, plasma-based space propulsion, missile interceptor systems, and high-energy-density-physics.
Dr. Kurt Schoenberg is presently a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, where he is helping develop the experimental program in High Energy Density Physics at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR). Schoenberg is also an affiliate scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to these positions, he was Director of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Experimental Physical Sciences at Los Alamos. As LANSCE Director, Schoenberg led a premier accelerator-based user facility for research underpinning Laboratory missions in national security, energy security, and fundamental science.
Dr. Schoenberg received his B.S. in Engineering Physics with high honors from the University of Illinois in 1972. In 1979, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley and joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s research staff. Schoenberg’s research expertise and accomplishments, as documented by over 100 publications, include the experimental and theoretical investigation of magnetically and inertially confined plasmas for controlled thermonuclear fusion, intense particle accelerators, plasma accelerators, plasma-based space propulsion, missile interceptor systems, and high-energy-density-physics.