Earl Scime is the Oleg Jefimenko Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at West Virginia University. He served as department chair for 17 years, has served as Interim Associate Vice President for Research at WVU, and is currently the Interim Dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.  Dr. Scime earned a Ph.D. in plasma physics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1992. His graduate work was supported by a U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Graduate Fellowship. Dr. Scime earned B.S. degrees, summa cum laude with honors, in Physics and Applied Mathematics from Florida State University in 1987.  He moved to Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow and in 1993 he was awarded a U.S. Department of Energy Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 1995, he joined the faculty of the WVU as an assistant professor in the Department of Physics.  He was promoted to associate professor in 2000 and full professor in 2004. He was appointed a Robert C. Byrd Professor and then named an Eberly Family Professor of Physics. Since 2013, he has served as the Oleg Jefimenko Professor. His research areas at West Virginia University include experimental and theoretical plasma physics and his research programs encompass thermonuclear fusion plasmas, low temperature plasmas, space plasmas, plasma thrusters, and industrial plasmas. He is also engaged in experimental neurosciences research.  He has been the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on multiple sponsored research projects from numerous federal agencies and the private sector including: NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Dr. Scime’s work at West Virginia University has been recognized with the WVU Foundation Award for Outstanding Teaching, the Benedum Award for Research, and the Heebink Award for Outstanding Service. In 2012, Dr. Scime was named a Fellow of the American Physics Society for his research into the heating of ions in plasmas. In 2017 he served as Chair of the Division of Plasma Physics of the APS.  In addition to performing his teaching, research, and service duties at the University, Dr. Scime continues to maintain an active research group and a statewide robotics program for middle and high school youth. In 2012, his work with youth robotics was recognized with the Woodie Flowers Award, given to a single robotics coach in the world. In 2017, his robotics program won top honors at the St. Louis World Championships.