Dr. Thomas W. Hussey is the Chief Scientist of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), located in Arlington, VA. AFOSR is the Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) responsible for executing the Laboratory’s basic research portfolio. Dr. Hussey is a member of the scientific and professional cadre of AF senior executives and is responsible for assuring the quality of AFOSR research and advising the Director on future emphasis for funding priorities. Dr. Hussey’s early career involved a series of activities related to theoretical and computational plasma physics, including z pinches, x-ray lasers, cathode plasma formation and evolution, hohlraum physics, and high-current-density electrode behavior. In 1995 he took over management of a Division of AFRL with responsibility for high-power microwave (HPM) source and pulsed-power development. In 1997 he became involved with understanding, experimentally and theoretically, HPM effects on electronics, and continued that work until joining AFOSR in 2006. Dr. Hussey is a Fellow of the IEEE.