Graduate Student
Profile: Daniel joined the plasma physics PhD program in Fall 2022, having received his B.A. in astrophysics from Columbia University. In his free time he enjoys running, gravel cycling, rock climbing, and playing guitar with friends or strangers.
Advisor: Carlos Paz-Soldan
Research focus: magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability of tokamak plasmas to tearing modes, modeling of scenarios and control for the SPARC and ARC tokamaks, modeling of neoclassical (bootstrap) currents in MHD equilibria, ongoing development of open source tools such as TokaMaker and the GPEC suite.