Steffi Diem, a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics, has been selected to serve as a U.S. Science Envoy for the Department of State in 2024. The federal program empowers leading U.S. scientists to leverage their expertise and networks with the goal of increasing international cooperation around important scientific endeavors.
Diem, a fusion energy expert, specializes in heating the ultra-hot fuel for fusion and confining it within efficient and compact magnetic bottles. Her selection as one of four new U.S. Science Envoys in 2024 — the program’s first all-women cohort — highlights growing national and global recognition of the role of fusion in building a clean and renewable energy future.
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