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Dan Goodman, PhD

1982 Hertz Fellow
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Daniel (Dan) Goodman is the senior director of advanced technology at ASMPT-NEXX Inc.

Prior to that, Dan was a co-founder and president of Electron Solutions Inc. and worked at MKS Instruments and Science Research Laboratory. Dan served on the Hertz Foundation Board of Directors and continues to serve on the Fellowship and Programs Council.

He is also an active musician, well known to Boston audiences for his performances on piano, cello and accordion. Dan received his BSE in electrical engineering and computer science from Princeton University and his PhD in physics from MIT.

Hertz Foundation Role

Fellowships and Programs Council

Graduate Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Plasma Physics
Radial Ion Transport in a Nonaxisymmetric Magnetic Mirror

Undergraduate Studies

Princeton University

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