T2-Plasma Astrophysics Research 

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Introduction

We are a group of students, postdocs and staff scientists who work on a broad range of topics that are related to astrophysical, space and laboratory plasmas. We investigate physical processes such as turbulence, magnetic reconnection, shocks, plasma energization, and transport. We utilize tools of analytical theory, fluid simulations and kinetic simulations. Details of our research portfolio can be found from each individual links. 

Staff members

Shengtai Li

Adam Dempsey

Alice Harding

Xiangrong Fu

Current Postdocs

Giuseppe Arrò

Forrest Glines

Giulia Murtas

Joana A. Hoellmer

Yifan Huang 

Jeongbhin Seo

Current Students

Alex Dittmann

Levi Walls 

Past postdocs and students

Past postdocs

 

Chris Nolting             06/2022-08/2023       AGN Jets

Bhupendra Mishra    06/2020-03/2023     BBH-AGN

Senbei Du                  06/2020-06/2023      Space Plasmas

Qile Zhang            02/2020 – 10/2022     Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Adam Dempsey        02/2020 - 01/2022      Disks, BBH-AGN

Yaping Li                      12/2018 - 12/2021   Disks and Dust, BBH-AGN

James Sadler              11/2018 - 11/2021       CNLS Fellow; HED plasmas

Patrick Kilian              07/2018 - 02/2021      Keller Fellow, Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Xiaocan Li              04/2018 - 04/2021     Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Andy Liao                    01/2018 - 12/2020   HED Plasmas

Peter Polko                 01/2018 - 01/2020  AGN Jets

Tim Waters                 10/2017 - 10/2019        AGN Outflows

Haocheng Zhang       12/2015 - 08/2017   Blazars, Polarization

Wei Deng                    09/2015 - 08/2017   GRBs; Relativistic MHD

Xiaojia Zhang             03/2013 - 03/2016   Planet-Disk Interaction

Wen Fu                        03/2013 - 03/2015   PPDs and Dust

Fan Guo                        12/2012 - 03/2016   Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Joe Smidt                    08/2012 - 07/2014      Director's Fellow; First Stars

Xiaoyue Guan            08/2012 - 09/2014   AGN Jets

Jarrett Johnson         08/2011 - 06/2013   Director's Fellow; First Stars and Galaxies

Yi-Hsin Liu                   07/2011 - 07/2014   Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Dave Collins               03/2011 - 07/2013     Metropolis Fellow; Star Formation

Andry Beresnyak      06/2010 - 07/2014   Director's Fellow; MHD Turbulence

Matt Buoni                 01/2010 - 01/2011     MHD Turbulence

Hussie Aluie               08/2009 - 08/2012      Hydro Turbulence

Hao Xu                         06/2009 - 08/2012  Galaxy Clusters; Cosmology Simulations

Jesse Pino                   06/2009 - 10/2010  Relativistic MHD

Wei Liu                         10/2007 - 07/2010  Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Cong Yu                       05/2007 - 04/2010     Planet-Disk Interaction

Vladimir Svidzinski   02/2007 - 12/2009  MHD and PIC

Steven Diehl               06/2006 - 06/2008     Jets in ICM

Siming Liu                   11/2005 - 11/2007     Director's Fellow; High-energy Astro

Masa Nakamura       08/2005 - 08/2008  AGN Jets

Shengtai Li                  09/2002 - 09/2004     MHD Numerical Algorithms

Ian Tregillis                 09/2002 - 09/2004  AGN Jets

Kazumi Nishimura    09/2001 - 09/2003      Plasma Kinetic, Reconnection

Koichi Noguchi          01/2001 - 03/2003    Director's Fellow; MHD Disk Instability

 


Past Students (incomplete)

 

Grant Johnson (GRA, CSGF from Princeton)

Xiaohang Chen (GRA, University of Arizona)

Chad Bustard (post-bacc);

J.T. Laune (post-bacc);

Jiaru Li (GRA);

Yingchao Lu (GRA);

Dylan Ma (HS);

Ryan Miranda (GRA);

Levi Walls (post-bacc);

Divjyot Singh (post-bacc, currently Ph.D. in Northwestern);