Bruno Coppi, Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1969-2012), is an MIT Kavli Institute affiliated faculty member. Professor Coppi has given basic contributions to the fields of plasma physics, nuclear fusion research, space physics and plasma astrophysics. He is the leader of the international undertaking, “Physics of High Energy Plasmas,” based at MIT, and of the Ignitor Project in Europe. Professor Coppi has developed novel experimental programs on thermonuclear plasmas, both in the US and overseas, the results of which have led to the proposal and design, for the first time, of experiments capable of demonstrating ignition by nuclear fusion reactions.