Michael Short, PhD

Class of ’42 Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Director, Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Michael Short, PhD, brings 15 years of research experience in the field of nuclear materials, microstructural characterization, and alloy development. His research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is the Associate Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a Macvicar Faculty Fellow, is a mixture of large-scale experiments, micro/nanoscale characterization, and multiphysics modeling and simulation. Dr. Short’s last project was recently selected for an NSF CAREER award.