Research Interests:
My research interests center on astrophysical plasma physics, particularly stellar physics, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, and convection.  My work in stellar physics involves global simulations of stellar interiors, and the application of convection to stellar evolution modeling.  My work in turbulence is focused on Lagrangian statistics, closure theory, the interaction of cosmic rays and turbulence, stellar winds, and the dynamo.  I am also deeply interested in fusion research, particularly issues of stability for tokamak fusion reactors, and magnetic reconnection (tearing mode stability).  My work involves the design and development of numerical algorithms and simulation codes for massively parallel high-performance computing, as well as the visualization of large data sets.

Background:
I am a computational astrophysicist who develops and exploits massively parallel codes to understand properties of MHD turbulence and instabilities, energetic particles, and convection.  I have held research fellowships at the University of Exeter (UK), the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (NL), and at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (Germany). I am currently an adjunct professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

Ph.D. Physics, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Fusion Studies (2009)

M.A., Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University (2004)

B.S., Mathematics, with distinction, Harvey Mudd College (2001)