Felix Parra Diaz

Position
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
Role
Head, PPPL Theory Department
Education

B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Aeronauticos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2004

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007

Ph.D., Plasma Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009

Bio/Description

Research Interests:

  • Kinetic theory of magnetized plasma for fusion energy and other applications

Awards & Honors

  • Best Young Theoretical Physicist Award of the Spanish Royal Physical Society, 2015
  • US Department of Energy Early Career Award, 2012
  • Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Thesis Award, 2011 
  • Christ Church Junior Research Fellow, Oxford, 2009
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Physics, 2009
Selected Publications