National Laboratories
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a national center for plasma and fusion science funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and operated by Princeton University. Since its inception, PPPL has been a world leader in the development of magnetic fusion energy as a safe and inexhaustible means of generating electricity. The laboratory has achieved numerous major scientific and technological successes, including important advances in the theoretical understanding of plasmas and world records in attaining the plasma conditions required for fusion and in the production of fusion power.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), one of the world’s premier centers for climate research and modeling, is located at Princeton University’s Forrestal Campus. GFDL develops and uses mathematical models and computer simulations to improve our understanding and predictions of the behavior of the atmosphere, the oceans and climate. GFDL has set the agenda for much of the world’s research on the modeling of global climate change and has played a significant role in the World Meteorological Organization and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments. Princeton has close ties with GFDL, including a 40-year collaboration between the University’s Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program and GFDL that has enabled pioneering research and educated generations of scientists.