John Bryan Taylor (born 26 December 1928)[1][2] is a British physicist known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application in the field of fusion energy.
[3][4] Another development was his work on the ballooning transformation, which describes the motion of plasma in toroidal (donut) configurations, which are used in the fusion field.
Upon graduation, he joined the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, and in 1962 moved to the Culham Laboratory, where he became Chief Physicist.
Taylor is still actively involved in fusion science, working with Culham laboratory and Oxford University.
[14][15] He then played a major part in developing the "ballooning transformation" for toroidal plasmas, along with Jack Connor and Jim Hastie, which won him the 2004 Hannes Alfvén Prize.