Howard joined UK Industrial Fusion Solutions in 2025 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US, where he was the Fusion Pilot Plant R&D Lead. Prior to that, he was Professor of Plasma Physics at the University of York, where he established and led the York Plasma Institute and Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training. During that time, he was seconded part-time to UK Atomic Energy Authority (2017-20), where he served initially as Research Programme Director and then as the first (interim) Director for STEP. In his role at UKIFS, he will oversee research in support of the plasma solution for STEP and lead on the science and innovative technologies, including digital, to address critical uncertainties in the design of the STEP Prototype Plant.
Howard Wilson
Director of Science and Technology