Background
Catto, Peter James was born on March 23, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Augustine Peter and Alice Mary Catto.
fusion researcher Theoretical plasma physicist
Catto, Peter James was born on March 23, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Augustine Peter and Alice Mary Catto.
AS, Wentworth Institute, Boston, 1962; Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1972.
Member of staff School Natural Sciences,, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1971-1973;
assistant professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1973-1978;
senior staff scientist, Science Applications International Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, 1978-1987;
senior scientist, Lodestar Research Corporation, Boulder, since 1987. Consultant Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1974-1979, Lawrence Livermore (California) National Laboratory, 1979-1988. Vacation associate Culham (England) Laboratory, 1983, 87, 91.
External affairs advisor International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, since 1988.
Fellow American Physical Society.
Married Sharon Fern Leichliter, June28, 1969. Children: Ned, Geoffrey.
