Robert Heeter

Robert Heeter is a Physicist and Group Leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he leads high-energy-density plasma spectroscopy research in support of the National Ignition Facility mission. Heeter earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University before completing his Ph.D. in plasma physics at Princeton University, where his fellowship began in 1993. His research at Livermore has focused on the opacity of stellar plasmas—measurements that test astrophysical models of the interiors of stars—and on the spectroscopy of laser-driven plasmas relevant to fusion ignition.