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{{short description|British physicist and CEO of UKAEA}}
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'''Sir Ian Trevelyan Chapman''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FREng}} <small>[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]</small> is a British physicist who is the chief executive of the [[United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority|United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ian-chapman|title=Professor Ian Chapman - GOV.UK|website=Gov.uk|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/Key_staff.aspx|title=About us: Key staff|website=Ccfe.ac.uk|access-date=16 November 2018|archive-date=16 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116132958/http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/Key_staff.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2016/11/interview-professor-ian-chapman-chief-executive-uk-atomic-energy-authority/|title=Interview - Professor Ian Chapman, chief executive, UK Atomic Energy Authority|date=9 November 2016|publisher=|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fusenet.eu/node/1158|title=Prof. Ian Chapman to become new CEO of the UK fusion programme |website=Fusenet.eu|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>
== Education ==
Chapman went to school at [[Elizabeth College, Guernsey]]. He graduated from [[Durham University]] ([[College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham|Hild Bede College]]) with an M.Sci. in Mathematics and Physics in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=King's New Year Honours 2023 |url=https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2023/01/kings-new-year-honours-2023/ |website=Durham University |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en-gb |date=9 January 2023}}</ref>
Chapman then joined UKAEA's [[Culham Centre for Fusion Energy|Culham laboratory]] as a plasma physics PhD student with [[Imperial College London]]. His research focused on understanding and controlling instabilities in the plasma fuel within [[tokamak]] fusion devices. He received his PhD in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23220674.ian-chapman-uk-atomic-energy-authority-given-knighthood/|title=Science centre boss knighted in New Year Honours|date=31 December 2022|website=Oxford Mail}}</ref>
== Career ==
Chapman continued his plasma physics research at Culham and progressed through a number of positions in the UK fusion programme, including Head of Tokamak Science in 2014 and Fusion Programme Manager in 2015. In October 2016 he became UKAEA's Chief Executive Officer, succeeding [[Steven Cowley|Sir Steven Cowley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/news_detail.aspx?id=392|title=News: Rising star to lead UK's fusion energy programme|website=www.ccfe.ac.uk|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709162234/http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/news_detail.aspx%3Fid%3D392|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He has published over 110 journal papers and given 30 invited lead-author presentations at international conferences. In 2015, he became a visiting professor at Durham University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/researcher_detail.aspx?id=9|title=Researcher pages|website=www.ccfe.ac.uk|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709162235/http://www.ccfe.ac.uk/researcher_detail.aspx%3Fid%3D9|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== National and international roles ===
Chapman has held a number of international roles in fusion research. He was a Task Force Leader for the [[Joint European Torus]] fusion device from 2012 to 2014. He was appointed a member of the programme advisory committee for US experiment [[National Spherical Torus Experiment|NSTX-U]] in 2013. He has chaired international working groups for the international fusion project [[ITER]] and led work packages within the [[EUROfusion|EU fusion programme]].
In April 2024, Chapman was appointed as non-executive director of the UK research funding agency, [[UKRI]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-announces-two-new-non-executive-directors/|title=UKRI announces two new non-executive directors|date=24 April 2024|website=www.ukri.org}}</ref>
== Awards and honours ==
Chapman's research has been recognised with a number of notable awards, including:
* SET For Britain Best Early Career Physicist (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/2011event.asp|title=STEM for BRITAIN 2017|website=www.setforbritain.org.uk|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=18 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918190715/http://www.setforbritain.org.uk/2011event.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iupap.org/young-scientist-prize/|title=The Young Scientist Prize {{!}} IUPAP: The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics|website=iupap.org|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>
* Fellowship of Institute of Physics (2013)
* Institute of Physics [[Clifford Paterson Medal and Prize]] (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iop.org/about/awards/early-career/paterson/medallists/page_60406.html|title=2013 Paterson medal and prize|website=www.iop.org|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709162235/https://www.iop.org/about/awards/early-career/paterson/medallists/page_60406.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* European Physical Society Early Career Prize (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eps.org/blogpost/751263/198393/EPS-Early-Career-Prize-2014-awarded-to-Roman-Orus-and-Ian-Chapman|title=Press Release: 2014 EPS Early Career Prizes|last=|first=|date=24 September 2014|website=European Physical Society|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
* Fellow of the [[Royal Academy of Engineering]] (2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Ian Chapman FREng |url=https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2022/professor-ian-chapman-freng |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=Royal Academy of Engineering |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Chapman |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/ian-chapman-25214/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=royalsociety.org}}</ref>
Chapman was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2023 New Year Honours]] for services to global fusion energy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63918|supp=y|page=N2|date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
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