Jonathan Davies

Jonathan Davies is a Senior Scientist at LLE and an Assistant Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering. He leads the Innovative Concepts Group in the Experimental Division, which was created in 2021 to apply the capabilities of the Omega Laser Facility to projects outside the mainstream Inertial Confinement Fusion Program. The group is responsible for the MIEFDS (magneto-inertial fusion electrical discharge system) used to perform magnetized laser experiments, such as laser-driven magneto-inertial fusion, including MagLIF (magnetized liner inertial fusion), focusing of positrons created at relativistic laser intensities, and studies of basic magnetized plasma physics, such as reconnection, shock formation, and magnetized transport. He received his Ph.D. from Imperial College London in 1997 and started at LLE in 2011.