UW-Madison is losing a top researcher and the prominent center he oversees to Florida State University. The Applied Superconductivity Center, which has been at UW-Madison for more than 20 years, will move to Tallahassee early next year, taking with it some $2 million in research grants and as many as 30 staff and student researchers, including professor and center director David Larbalestier.
Paul Peercy, dean of the UW- Madison College of Engineering, said he tried to keep Larbalestier but couldn’t match the financial incentives or new opportunities offered by Florida State.