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Omega Experiments Group Researchers

Mike Rosenberg

Michael Rosenberg

Group Leader

Senior Scientist

Ph.D. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
B.A. Physics, Swarthmore College, 2008

Research Interests: Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion, laser–plasma interactions in long-scale-length plasmas, hydrodynamic scaling, magnetic reconnection

Michael Rosenberg’s Bio

Luke Ceurvorst

Luke Ceurvorst

Scientist

Ph.D. Atomic and Laser Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 2017
B.S. Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012
B.S. Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2012

Research Interests: Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion, advanced ignition designs, diagnostic development, hydrodynamic instabilities, high-intensity laser–plasma interactions

Luke Ceurvorst’s Bio

Chad Forrest

Chad Forrest

Scientist

Ph.D. Physics, University of Rochester, 2015
M.A. Physics, University of Rochester, 2008

Research Interests: Thermonuclear fusion, nucleon–nucleon interactions, nuclear structure

Vladimir Glebov

Vladimir Glebov

Distinguished Scientist

Ph. D. in Physics, Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia, 1983
M.S. in Experimental Nuclear Physics, Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, 1971

Research Interests: Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion, neutron diagnostic development for fusion research

James Knauer

Senior Scientist

Christian Stoeckl

Christian Stoeckl

Senior Scientist

Ph.D. Physics, TH Darmstadt, Germany, 1992
Diploma, Physics, TH Darmstadt, Germany, 1989

Research Interests: Direct-drive inertial confinement fusion, short-pulse laser–matter interaction, diagnostic development

Graduate Students

Joshua Baltazar.

Joshua Baltazar

Graduate Student

Kristen Churnetski

Kristen Churnetski

Graduate Student

Steven Kostick

Steven Kostick

Graduate Student

Jordan Martinez

Jordan Martinez

Graduate Student

Former Graduate Students

Owen Mannion

Owen Mannion

Graduate Student

Arnold Schwemmlein.

Arnold Schwemmlein

Graduate Student

Zaarah Mohamed.

Zaarah Mohamed

Former Graduate Student