PhD Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics BS Theoretical Physics, Guizhou University Research Interests: Theoretical/computational high-energy-density physics, inertial confinement fusion, warm/hot dense matter, intense laser–matter interactions; ultrafast dynamics; attosecond physics; computational atomic physics; molecular physics Suxing Hu’s Bio
PhD Physics and Math, St. Petersburg State University
MS Physics, St. Petersburg State University
BS Physics, St. Petersburg State University
Research Interests: High-energy-density physics, warm dense matter, thermal density functional theory, and computational physics/software development
Valentin Karasiev's Bio
PhD Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley
MS Condensed Matter Physics, Peking University
B.S. Optical Information Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Using theoretical tools to elucidate the extreme physics of matter that are relevant to high-energy-density experiments, inertial confinement fusion, and Earth and planetary science applications
Shuai Zhang’s Bio
PhD Physics, University of Iowa
BS Physics, Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests: Kinetic theory, plasma atomic physics, and the electronic structure and transport properties of matter at extreme densities and temperatures
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PhD Physics, North Dakota State University
MS Physics, North Dakota State University
BS Physics, Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Research Interests: Developing new exchange-correlation functionals for DFT applications to warm dense matter, studying the properties of matter under extreme conditions using MBPT, and nonequilibrium Green's function methods
Deyan Mihaylov's Bio
PhD Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS Chemistry, Harvey Mudd College
Research Interests: Complex phase behavior and developing theoretical tools to investigate the chemistry and physics of materials under extreme conditions.
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