ROBERT W. CONN
Distinguished Policy Fellow & Pacific Leadership Fellow
Graduate School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)Dean and W.J. Zable Distinguished Professor of Applied Physics, Emeritus
Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering
University of California, San Diego
President and CEO, Retired. The Kavli Foundation
Degrees, Honors and Awards
1964
1965
1968
1979
1982
1982
1982
1982
1984
1985
1987
1992
1994
1997
1998
1998
2018
2020

B.S. Pratt Institute (Chemical Engineering, Minors in Mathematics and Physics)
M.S. California Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (Engineering Science)
Outstanding Research Achievement Award, American Nuclear Society
Elected Fellow, American Physical Society
Elected Fellow, American Nuclear Society
Curtis W. McGraw Research Award, American Association of Engineering Education
Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Energy, Secretary of Energy
Ernest O. Lawrence Memorial Award, U.S Dept. of Energy (on behalf of the President)
Best Paper Award, American Nuclear Society (with W. W. Wiffen)
Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering
Fusion Power Associates Leadership Award
Distinguished Associate Award, U.S. Department of Energy, Secretary of Energy
Distinguished Engineering Educator Award, Engineering Societies of San Diego
Outstanding Leadership Award, Corporate Affiliates Program, U.C. San Diego
Distinguished Alumni of the Year, California Institute of Technology
Revelle Medal, University of California, San Diego.
The Shokumon Award of the University of Tokyo

Career Positions
1968-1969
1969-1970
1970-19801972
1974-1980
1977-19801977
1980-1993
1983
1983

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow,
Joint European Center for Scientific Research, Ispra, Italy
Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, University ofWisconsin, Madison. (Associate Professor 1970-75, Professor 1975-80.)
Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory (June-September)
Director, Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Romnes Endowed Chair Professor, University of Wisconsin
Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Munich, Germany
Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Visiting Professor, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (Sabbatical Leave)
Visiting Senior Scientist, Forschungszentrum-Juelich, Germany (Sabbatical Leave)11986-1994

1986-1993
1994-2002
2000-2002
2002-2012
2002-2008
2004-present
2009-20202012-2020

Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors (1986-1993) and Chief Technologist,
Plasma & Materials Technologies, Inc. (PMT), Chatsworth, CA.
(PMT had an initial public offering on NASDAQ in 1995 and was later acquired.)Founding Director, Institute of Plasma and Fusion Research (IPFR), UCLA.
Dean and Walter J. Zable Professor of Applied Physcis, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School ofEngineering, University of California, San Diego.
Chair, Institute Governing Board, California Institute for Telecommunications andInformation Technology (Calit2), a joint institute of UC San Diego and UC Irvine.
Member, External Advisory Board, California Institute for Telecommunications andInformation Technology (Calit2). UC San Diego and UC Irvine.
Managing Director, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital (EPVC), La Jolla, CA.
Dean and Zable Professor of Applied Physics, Emeritus, Irwin and Joan Jacobs School ofEngineering, University of California, San Diego.
President and CEO, The Kavli Foundation, Member, Board of Directors (Ex Officio).
Chair, Investment Committee of Kavli Foundation Board
Co-Founder Science Philanthropy Alliance. Board Chair, 2014-2019.

Corporate Boards and Positions
1986-1994

1997-2002
2000-2015
2002-2007
2003-2006

2004-2008
2004-2008

2005-2006

2005-2008

2006-2008

2006-2008
2006-2007

Co-Founder, Member, Board of Directors (Chairman, 1985-1993) and CTO. Plasma &Materials Technologies, Inc. (PMT), Chatsworth, CA. (PMT had its IPO in 1995 and waslater acquired.)Member, Advisory Board, Mission Ventures, a venture capital firm in San Diego
Member, Board of Directors, Intersil Corp. (NASDAQ, ISIL), Milpitas, CA.
Member, Board of Directors, STATS-ChipPAC Corp. (ADR listed on NASDAQ). StatsChipPAC was acquired in 2007 by Temasek, the Singapore Government sovereign fund.
Member, Board of Directors, PathScale Inc. Mountain View, CA. (Enterprise Partners
Venture Capital was a lead VC investor in PathScale, which was acquired in 2006 byQLogic Corp.)
Member, Board of Directors, Pivotal Systems, Inc. Pleasanton, CA. (Privately held,Enterprise Partners Venture Capital is an investor in Pivotal Systems, Inc.)
Member, Board of Directors, NEXX Systems, Inc., Billerica, MA. (Enterprise Partners
Venture Capital was the lead VC investor in NEXX Systems, Inc. NEXX was acquired by
Tokyo Electron Co. in 2012.)
Member, Board of Directors, Ascendent Communications, San Jose, CA. (EnterprisePartners Venture Capital was an investor in Ascendent, which was acquired by Researchin Motion (RIM) in 2006.)
Member, Board of Directors, Quorum Systems, Inc. San Diego, CA. (Enterprise Partners
Venture Capital was lead VC investor in Quorum, which was acquired by Spreadtrum,Inc. in 2008.)
Member, Board of Directors, Novera Optics, Inc., Santa Clara, CA. (Enterprise Partners
Venture Capital was an investor in Novera Optics, which was acquired by LG-Nortel in2008.)
Member, Board of Directors, Hammerhead Systems, Inc. Mountain View, CA. (Privately
held. Enterprise Partners Venture Capital was an investor in Hammerhead Systems.)
Member, Board of Directors, Tarari, Inc. San Diego, CA. (Enterprise Partners Venture
Capital was an investor in Tarari, which was acquired by LSI Logic in 2007.)

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Member, Board of Directors, Quartics, Inc. Irvine, CA. (Privately held, EnterprisePartners Venture Capital was an investor in Quartics, Inc.)

Federal, State, University and National Boards and Committees (Since 1980)
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1982-1983
1981-1984
1985-1985
1985-1990
1985-2002
1987-1990
1988-1989
1989-1990
1990-1990
1991-1993
1994-1996
1994-1999
1995-1995
1995-2002
1996-2001
1996-1997
1996-2000
1996-2003
1997-1998
1997-2002
1997-2002
1997-2002
1998-2000
1998-2002
1998-2002
2001-2003

Member, Advisory Committee on Fusion Energy, U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Science and Technology
Member, Energy Research Advisory Board Fusion Review Panel, U.S. Department ofEnergy
Chair, Review Committee on Low Activation Materials for Fusion Applications, U.S.
Department of Energy
Member, Magnetic Fusion Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy
Member, U.S. Technical Working Party; Economic Summit Activity on Technology, Growthand Employment
Member, Editorial Board of the IAEA scientific journal, Nuclear Fusion
Founder and Principal Editor, Fusion Engineering and Design, an international technicaljournal on fusion energy research.
Member, U.S. Representative on the Technical Advisory Board for the ITER International
Fusion Energy Project, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Member, National Research Council Committee on the Pacing of the Magnetic Fusion
Energy Program, National Academy of Sciences
Member, National Research Council Committee on Inertial Confinement Fusion, NationalAcademy of Sciences
Member, Fusion Policy Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy.
Chair, Fusion Energy Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy
Chair, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (Re-chartered), U.S. Department ofEnergy
Member, Scientific Advisory Board to San Diego County Board of Supervisors
Vice Chair and Member, U.S. President's Committee of Advisors on Science andTechnology (PCAST), Fusion Energy Review Panel
University of California Engineering Education Committee (Chair, 1995-1999)
Member, University of California President’s Engineering Advisory Committee
Member, National Research Council Committee for the Review of the U.S. Inertial
Confinement Fusion Program, National Academy of Sciences
Member, Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Energy
Member, Executive Board, UCSD CONNECT
Member, U.S. President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST),
Energy Research and Development Panel
Member, Public Policy Committee, American Association of Engineering Education
Chair, Director’s Advisory Committee, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego
Member, California Institute of Technology President’s Advisory Committee for theDivision of Engineering and Applied Science
Member, Committee to Develop San Diego’s High Tech High School.
Member, Governing Committee of the International Conference on Inertial Fusion Scienceand Applications, Bordeaux, France.
Chair, Physics Division Review Committee. Los Alamos National Laboratory
Member, California Council on Science and Technology

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2002-2010
2002-2014
2003-2004
2005-2008
2005-20102007-20082014-2020
2020-Present

Member, University of California President’s Advisory Committee on Science andInnovation
Member, Calit2 Advisory Board, California Institute for Telecommunications andInformation Technology, A UC San Diego-UC Irvine Partnership.
Member, National Academies (of Science, Engineering and Medicine) Committee onFacilitating Interdisciplinary Research. (Report issued in 2004.)
Member, Board of Directors, San Diego Venture Group
Member, Finance and Budget Committee, National Academy of Engineering
Member, The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Review Panel; Report issued
by the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council in 2008.
Board of Directors, Science Philanthropy Alliance (Board Chair 2015-2019)
Member, Investment Committee, National Academy of Sciences

Publications and Editorships
Two Monographs as Book Chapters; Three Chapters in Books; Founder and Principal Editor (1986 - 2001)of the international scientific journal, Fusion Engineering and Design.
Publications include approximately 300 scientific articles in refereed journals and reviewed conference
proceedings; approximately 80 invited papers and talks at national and international conferences, schools
and symposia; and articles on science policy and scientific subjects in publications such as Scientific
American, the Encyclopedia Britannica, Science, the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times.
List of publications provided on request.

Patents
Three patents issued relating to methods and devices for semiconductor chip manufacturing in the fields ofplasma etching and thin film deposition.

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