Gregory W. Hammett

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Lecturer with the Rank of Professor
Office Phone
609-243-2495
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://w3.pppl.gov/~hammett
Education

B.A., Physics, Harvard University, 1980

Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 1986

Research Interests:

  • Computational and theoretical studies of plasma turbulence,
  • Kinetic effects on the magnetorotational instability in black hole accretion disks
  • Efficient algorithms for gyrokinetic simulations of plasma turbulence.

Awards & Honors

  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 1997

Teaching

  • AST 554 Irreversible Processes in Plasmas