William K TerryWilliam K. Terry earned his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Washington in 1980, specializing in fusion reactor plasma physics. From there, he spent five years as an Assistant Professor at Purdue University, where he launched the fusion program in the university's School of Nuclear Engineering. After Purdue, he spent three years at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site, working on the site characterization plan for a high-level nuclear waste repository. He spent the last 20 years of his career at the Idaho National Laboratory, primarily studying advanced reactor concepts, most notably the pebble-bed reactor. Outside of work, his interests have included aviation, fly-fishing, birdwatching, horses, and natural resource conservation. He is a private pilot with multi-engine and instrument ratings. He has chased trout and salmon from Norway to New Zealand, and he supports numerous conservation groups. Read More Read Less