Edward E. Thomas Jr. is an American plasma physicist and a Professor of Physics at Auburn University.
He also attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for graduate studies, working on the Alcator C-Mod and then earning a masters degree in 1993.
He later moved to Auburn University where he graduated in 1996 with a Ph.D. in Physics and won an Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Society of Black Physicists.
In 2017, Thomas was promoted to Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and relinquished his role as Lawrence C. Wit Professor.
[18] Thomas was elected a fellow the National Society of Black Physicists in 2011[3] and the Alabama Academy of Sciences in 2012.