Paul P.H. Wilson

Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering

paul.wilson@wisc.edu
608/263-0807
153 Engineering Research Building

1500 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI 53706

Paul Wilson is the Grainger Professor of Nuclear Engineering in University of Wisconsin–Madison‘s Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics. His research uses computer models to improve the designs of complex nuclear energy systems and to shed light on important policy aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle, including nuclear waste management and non-proliferation. Paul joined UW–Madison as an assistant professor in August 2001 as part of the Energy Systems and Policy Hiring Initiative. Born in Scotland and raised Canada, Paul has a degrees from the University of Toronto (1992), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (1998), and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from UW–Madison (1999). He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and was the founding president of the North American Young Generation in Nuclear [NA-YGN]. 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 adult daughters. They enjoy biking around Madison’s paths, floating on its lakes, eating at its restaurants, and enjoying its theaters.