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Curriculum Vitae (Oct 2022 )
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2018
Master of Science, Physics (‘Diplom Physiker’), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany, 2012
Research experience
Staff Research Scientist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, since April 2022
Planned, led, and executed impurity injection experiments as a session leader at the DIII-D tokamak to study the effect of mixed low-mid Z impurities on divertor power exhaust and tungsten erosion
Supported various experiments on real-time wall conditioning in Wide Pedestal Quiescent H-mode and experiments on increasing effective charge with carbon material injection
Led various breakout meetings as a discussion leader during the US-ITER research program planning workshop in 2022
Postdoc Research Associate, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 2019-2022
Planned, and lead impurity granule injection experiments as a session leader at the DIII-D tokamak to study the formation of SiC on plasma-facing components, results will be published at the next PSI conference
Coupled Dust Injection Simulator (by F. Nespoli) to plasma fluid and kinetic neutral edge transport code EMC3-EIRENE and modeled transport of low Z powders and impact on plasma-material interactions, publication in preparation
Analyzed data from experiments with low-Z powder and N2 gas injection; found enhanced core-edge compatibility due to increased dissipation and hydrogenic neutral compression in divertor while high-confinement was maintained; results lead to invited talk, NF letter in preparation for publication
Proposed and took the initial lead on the development of a plasma spray unit for in-vessel wall coating to leverage research on plasma-material interactions and wall solutions for a fusion power plant
Analyzed and simulated real-time wall conditioning experiments with boron powder injection, presented and published results on 3D effects of boron injection on scrape-off layer transport and plasma-material interactions at PSI 2020
Implemented line of sight integration for synthetic modeling of neutral and impurity spectroscopy in EMC3-EIRENE and compared boundary line emission with experiments
Participated in advanced material research, UEDGE/SOLPS modeling, pedestal and core-edge integration working groups, and supported related experiments with by operating the impurity powder dropper and impurity granule injector, strengthened the PPPL-DIII-D collaboration which resulted in co-authored publications
Provided expertise on stellarator edge and divertor physics to the lab international collaborators, which resulted in co-authored papers
Postdoc Research Associate, University of Wisconsin – Madison, IPP Greifswald, Germany, 2018 – 2019
Member of Task Force II 'Plasma Edge and Divertor Physics', responsible for analysis of experiments related to assessment of radiative edge cooling and detachment control with impurity gas seeding at Wendelstein 7-X
Analyzed experimental data of W7-X experiments with impurity gas seeding and published results at IAEA FEC 2018
Modeled counter-streaming island scrape-off layer flows of first-time measurements with coherence imaging spectroscopy at Wendelstein 7-X in collaboration with IPP and Auburn University, co-authored NF letter
Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2014 – 2018
Proposed, planned and lead first impurity seeding experiments as a session leader for the island divertor campaigns; demonstrated stable radiative power exhaust with Ne and N2 impurity seeding
Modeled impact of magnetic configurations effects on divertor heat fluxes based on 3D vacuum HINT equilibrium fields and validated results against experimental IR camera measurements
Analyzed SOL heat and particle transport and examined the role of inner and outermost resonances on neutral particle fueling and pump-out in island and limiter configurations, authored and co-authored publications
Research Assistant, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany, 2012 – 2014
Calculated heat fluxes onto W7-X startup limiters resulting in a re-assessment and substantial changes of original limiter and magnetic field geometry to prevent melting of in-vessel components
Modeled W7-X helium and carbon transport for optimization of He beam and divertor impurity spectroscopy
Student Research Assistant, Semiconductor Physics (GRECO), University of Oldenburg, Germany, 2010 – 2012
Improved the experimental setup of modulated photoluminescence spectroscopy, wrote Matlab analysis scripts
Characterized crystalline-silicon wafers with amorphous-silicon passivation with spectroscopic methods
Teaching experience
Student Teaching Assistant, Institute of Physics, University of Oldenburg, Germany, 2008 – 2011
Tutored and assisted in the teaching of Mathematical Methods for Engineering Physics I+II, Theoretical Electrodynamics, Physics IV: Thermodynamics and Statistics, Physics for Chemists & Environmental Scientists, Computational Theoretical Physics
Academic service
Executive Board Member, American Nuclear Society San Diego Section for FY22 & FY23
Reviewer for scientific journals since 2017
reviewed 37+ manuscripts Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, Nuclear Materials & Energy; Institute of Physics trusted reviewer 2020
Honors and awards
Outstanding reviewer 2018 Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
James D. Callen Fellowship for Excellence in Plasma Theory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2017
Student Poster Award at the International Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Madison, 2016
Skills and training
PPPL Energy I-Corps Lite Pioneer Cohort Winter 2021, learned and applied entrepreneurial thinking to foster public-private partnerships between PPPL and industry in a project dedicated to reactor wall coating
2nd Computational Physics School for Fusion Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Aug 30 - Sep 3, 2021
Wharton Princeton Entrepreneurship Executive Education Program (June 17, 2021)
Tech Transfer Webinars and Workshops to Expand Entrepreneurial Skills by L. Schoppe, Fuentek LLC, 2021
Linkedin Learning: Unconscious Bias, The Six Biases of Decision Making, Strategic Thinking, Project Management Simplified
PPPL training: Lithium Safety, Hydrogen Gas Safety, Respiratory Protection Training, Laser Safety Rules, Nanomaterials Worker Safety Training, Radiation Safety, Cyber Security Awareness
DIII-D training: DIII-D Pit Indoctrination, D3D-Specific Radiation Training, General Radiation Training
Computer skills: High-Performance Computing, Matlab, Fortran, Python, C/C++, Linux, Latex
Languages: English (fluent), German (native), French (basic), Spanish (basic)
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