Garry Maskaly is the Fusion Chamber Design Lead at Pacific Fusion, where he is working to help bring practical fusion energy from vision to reality.
Maskaly is focused on designing reactor chamber systems that can withstand the extreme conditions of fusion reactions while enabling high performance, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness. Commercializing fusion energy is an extraordinary challenge and one that he is excited and proud to be part of.
After more than two decades in the nuclear weapons complex, where he worked to ensure the reliability and performance of the U.S. nuclear weapons without underground testing, Maskaly is now contributing to a mission equally critical to our global future: enabling clean, sustainable, and abundant energy through fusion.
At Pacific Fusion, he is drawing on a wide range of experience developed in the national laboratory system. This includes incorporating diagnostics in experimental design, developing new modeling approaches, validation, and materials science. He has a passion for extracting high-quality data from complex systems and improving how we interpret and apply that data using machine learning, advanced simulation, and rigorous validation.
Maskaly’s previous work included leading national-level efforts in ejecta physics, code validation, machine learning analysis of radiographic data, hydrodynamic and subcritical experiments, and directly supporting five weapon systems. He has briefed senior decision-makers including the Secretary of Energy, the JASON advisory group, and multiple laboratory directors. At the conclusion of his time at LLNL, he created and launched a major training program to develop future leaders in weapon science.
Earlier in his career, he worked in both computational and experimental materials science, with research spanning lithium-ion batteries, photonic crystals, nanomaterials, and composite systems. Across all roles, Maskaly thrived in collaborative, mission-driven environments. He is energized by building strong teams to solve complex, high-impact technical challenges.
