Current Project: Studying ion energization in FLARE using ion doppler tomography.
Sofia is from Metro Detroit and earned her undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics with a minor in Space Science from the University of Michigan in 2024. While there, she discovered an interest in space physics and computational modeling through a combination of classes for her minor and an undergraduate research project modeling laser pulse compression in plasma.
Sofia participated in the SULI internship program at the Plasma Physics Lab in 2023 and then joined the Plasma Physics graduate program in 2024. In her first year, she is working with Hantao Ji and Peiyun Shi on the ion doppler tomography diagnostic to measure ion temperature and velocity in FLARE. Sofia is interested in magnetic reconnection both in the lab and in space.
Outside of physics, Sofia enjoys science fiction, two hour board games, and bird photography. In writing this bio, she is having flashbacks to the third-person program bios she wrote when she was a theater tech. Sofia can be reached at [email protected].