Daniel Barnak obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. His thesis centered on subscale magnetized liner inertial fusion research using the OMEGA 60 laser. He has been a scientist in the Innovative Concepts Group since its inception. His research interests are wide and include topics such as magnetized high-energy-density physics, magneto-inertial fusion, plasma spectroscopy, radiation transport, laser imprint studies for ICF, shock transport and rarefaction, laboratory astrophysics, and plasma turbulence. He has developed multiple open-source analysis tools and synthetic diagnostic codes for the XRS spectrometer, VISAR, OHRV, Dante, HERIE, MIFEDS, and proton radiography.
