Lazarus received the honor for his insight and leadership in advanced plasma shape control for improving tokomak performance. Election to Fellowship in APS is limited to no more than one-half of one percent of the membership.
He joined ORNL's Fusion Energy Division in 1979 and is a senior research staff member. Lazarus received his bachelor's degree and doctorate in physics from the University of Massachusetts.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1964. He is a member of the Southwestern Yacht Club.
Lazarus currently is on a long-term assignment to General Atomics in San Diego. He has a son, Michael, also in San Diego.
ORNL, one of DOE's multiprogram national research and development facilities, is managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation.