John P. Verboncoeur

Verboncoeur is senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in Michigan State University’s (MSU) engineering college. He founded the computational engineering science program at UC-Berkeley in 2021, chairing it until 2010. In 2015 he cofounded the MSU computational mathematics, science, and engineering department. His research area is plasma physics, with over 500 publications and over 6,600 citations.

He serves on the boards of Physics of Plasmas, the American Center for Mobility, and the U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee.

Verboncoeur led startups developing digital exercise and health systems, a consumer credit report, and a role in developing the U.S. Postal Service’s mail-forwarding system.

His IEEE experience includes 2023 vice-president of Technical Activities, 2020 acting vice-president of Publication Services and Products Board, 2019-2020 Division IV director, and 2015-2016 president of the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society.

He received a Ph.D. in 1992 in nuclear engineering from UC-Berkeley.