Claude Phipps
Author of "Parallel You & From Gods to Guardians: How Scientists Shaped War & Peace"
Dr. Claude R. Phipps is a plasma physicist and laser propulsion pioneer with a distinguished career spanning academia, national laboratories, and private industry. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from MIT and completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1972, where he conducted the first laser-plasma interaction experiment, a foundational study in plasma diagnostics .
Dr. Phipps has authored over 145 scientific journal publications and 168 conference presentations. He chaired the High Power Laser Ablation conferences in Santa Fe from 1998 to 2024 and contributed to three books on laser interactions, including the popular science book No Wonder You Wonder .
