Position
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
Role
Head, PPPL Theory Department
Email
Website
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