Former Postdocs and Graduate Students

COSAM Departments Physics Research Plasma Physics Compact Toroidal Hybrid Former Postdocs and Graduate Students

Postdocs and students that completed their work on CTH


	Eleanor Williamson, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2023 Current Position - Postdoctoral Fellow - Auburn University Dissertation: A spectroscopic neutral density diagnostic and exploration of the role of metastable states in fusion and astrophysical plasmas
	Peter J. Traverso, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2021 Current Position - ORAU Postdoctoral Fellow at General Atomics Dissertation: STRAHL modeling of iron impurity transport with on- and off-axis heating during the first divertor campaign on Wendelstein 7-X
	James Kring, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2021 Current Position - Engineer, Charbroil Dissertation: Density Limit Disruptions in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Experiment
	Curt Johnson, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2020 Current Position - Postdoctoral Fellow Dissertation: Theoretical modeling combined with experimental spectroscopic measurements for the diagnosis of high-Z erosion and transport applications in plasmas
	Xinxing Ma, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2018 Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, General Atomics Dissertation: Non-axisymmetric equilibrium reconstruction and suppression of density limit disruptions in a current-carrying stellarator
	Jeffrey Herfindal, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2016 Current Position: Research and Development Associate, Oak Ridge National lab Dissertation: Control of Sawtooth Oscillation Dynamics using Externally Applied Stellarator Transform contact Dr. Herfindal
	Mihir Pandya, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2016 Current Position: Assistant Scientist with the University of Wisconsin-Madison plasma physics group at DIII-D Dissertation: Low edge safety factor disruptions in the Compact Toroidal Hybrid: Operation in the low-q regime, passive disruption avoidance and the nature of MHD precursors contact Dr. Pandya
	Nicholas Roberds, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2016 Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow - Sandia National Laboratory Dissertation:Simulations of Sawtoothing in the CTH Stellarator-Tokamak Hybrid
	Matthew ArchMiller, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow from 2010-2015 Current Position: Assistant Professor, Concordia College, Moorehead, Minnisota contact Dr. ArchMiller
	Jonathon Hebert, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2015 Dissertation: Simulations of the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Using the Finite Element Extended MHD Code NIMROD Current Position: Instructor - Auburn University
	Mark Cianciosa, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2012 Dissertation: Measurements and Modification of Sheared Flows and Stability on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Stellarator Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Fusion theory and modeling group
	Adam Stevenson, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2011 Dissertation: 3D Reconstruction of Plasma Equilibrium using Magnetic Diagnostics on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid Current Position: Plasma Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Lab
	Joshua Peterson, Ph.D. - Graduated in 2008 Dissertation: Vacuum Magnetic Flux Surface Measurements Made on the Compact Toroidal Hybrid