Dr. Craig Chisholm holds a MSc from the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) and a PhD from the Technical University of Catalonia and the Institute of Photonic Sciences (Barcelona, Spain). His work has been published in international journals including Nature and Science and his thesis was recognised with an exceptional experimental doctoral thesis award.

At OpenStar Technolgies, Craig is an Experimental Plasma Physicist as well as the Radiation Safety Officer and Laser Safety Officer. He is responsible for machine operations and instrumentation of plasma diagnostics on OpenStar’s first levitated dipole experiment, “Junior”, and is the Work Area Manager for the primary experiment.