Innovative Concepts Researchers

Scientists

Jonathan Davies

Jonathan Davies

Group Leader

Senior Scientist



Ph.D., Imperial College London, 1997

Jonathan Davies’ Bio

Daniel Barnak.

Daniel H. Barnak

Scientist



Ph.D., 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.

Daniel H. Barnak’s Bio

Peter Heuer.

Peter V. Heuer

Scientist



Ph.D., 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.

Peter V. Heuer’s bio

Fernando Garcia Rubio.

Fernando García-Rubio

Assistant Scientist



Associated Faculty

Ricardo Betti.

Riccardo Betti

Chief Scientist

Distinguished Scientist



Ph.D., 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).

Riccardo Betti’s Bio

Ren Chuang.

Chuang Ren

Senior Scientist



Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998

M.S. and B.S., Tsinghua University (China)

Research Interests: High-energy-density physics (HEDP), plasma astrophysics, and high-performance computing.

Chuang Ren’s Bio

Pierre Gourdain.

Pierre Gourdian

LLE Staff Scientist



Ph.D., Cornell University

Research Interests: Experimental plasma physics.

Dr. Pierre Gourdian’s bio 

Graduate Students

Former Graduate Students

Luis Leal.

Luis Leal



Ph.D., Physics, University of Rochester, 2022
Thesis: Plasma Dynamics in Magnetized Laser-Generated Plasmas