Paul Wilson is the Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering and current department chair of the University of Wisconsin-Madison‘s Department of Engineering Physics. His research interests focus on developing improved tools for computational modeling of complex nuclear energy systems, with applications in fusion technology, nuclear waste management, nuclear non-proliferation and energy policy. Paul joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor in August 2001 as part of the Energy Systems and Policy Hiring Initiative.
He has a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the UW-Madison (1999) and a Dr.-Ing in Mechanical Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (1998).
Paul was the founding President of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear [NA-YGN], and has been active in the American Nuclear Society for over 30 years, recently serving on its Board of Directors. He represented the ANS and NA-YGN at the international climate change negotiations in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1998), and Bonn, Germany (1999).
Paul is married and has two daughters. They enjoy biking around Madison’s paths and rural roads, and spending time on the lakes.