John Winston Belcher (born 1943) is a professor of physics emeritus holding the "Class of '22" professorship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Belcher's research interests are within the areas of space plasma physics.
[1] Professor Belcher has twice received the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and received the 2016 Oersted Medal for his exceptional work in revolutionizing the Undergraduate Physics department at MIT by introducing novel teaching formats such as TEAL.
Belcher later graduated at Rice University with a double major in mathematics and physics.
Shortly after which Belcher came to MIT and began work with the Space Plasma Group on the Voyager project.