Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer and President Primary Organization 
Kavli Foundation
Gender Male
Robert W. Conn is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Kavli Foundation and Zable Professor and Dean, Emeritus, of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego. Dr. Conn is widely recognized for his academic achievements and leadership in education and research and for his experience in the private sector. He began his academic career
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970 where he became Professor of Engineering Physics, served as founding director of the University’s Fusion Technology Institute and held the Romnes Faculty Chair. Dr. Conn moved to UCLA as Professor of Engineering and Applied Science in 1980 and in 1986 he led the formation of UCLA’s Institute of Plasma and Fusion Research and became its first director.
