Graduate Student
Abdullah joined the plasma physics PhD program in Fall 2022. He earned his bachelor's in Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology with a minor in physics. Prior to joining Columbia, he was an intern at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory working with Dr. Will Fox on particle-in-cell codes for high-energy-density plasmas.
Advisor: Elizabeth Paul
Research: Energetic particles, shear Aflvén continua, Aflvén eigenmodes, and Alfvénic instabilities in Stellarators