Daniel H. Barnak
Scientist
PhD, University of Rochester, 2018
Research Interests: Magnetized high-energy density physics, magneto-inertial fusion, plasma spectroscopy, radiation transport, laser-imprint studies for inertial confinement fusion, shock transport and rarefaction, laboratory astrophysics, and plasma turbulence.
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Peter V. Heuer
Scientist
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2020
Research Interests: ICF diagnostics, magnetized high-energy-density plasmas, high-repetition-rate HEDP experiments, open-source analysis tools for plasma physics.
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Jonathan L Peebles
Staff Scientist
PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2017
Research Interests: Experiments to measure and mitigate laser imprint, develop high–magnetic–field experimental platforms, and measure anomalous electric and magnetic fields in laser–plasma interactions.
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Associated Faculty
Ricardo Betti
Chief ScientistDistinguished Scientist
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992
Research Interests: Theoretical investigation of the physics of plasmas in thermonuclear regimes. Plasma is the fourth state of matter (solid, liquid, gas, and plasma) where high temperatures cause the atoms to decompose into more-elementary particles (electrons and ions).
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Chaung Ren
Senior Scientist
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
MS and BS, Tsinghua University (China)
Research Interests: High-energy-density physics (HEDP), plasma astrophysics, and high-performance computing.
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Pierre Gourdain
LLE Staff Scientist
PhD, Cornell University
Research Interests: Experimental plasma physics.
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Graduate Students
Yu (Victor) Zhang
MS Physics, University of Science and Technology, China
MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester
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Irem Nesli Erez
BSc Industrial Engineering and Physics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Former Graduate Students
Luis Leal
PhD, Physics, University of Rochester, 2022
MS Physics, University of California, Long Beach, 2016
BS Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis: Plasma Dynamics in Magnetized Laser-Generated Plasmas