Professor Srinivasan (she/her) is the director of the PLASMAWISE laboratory. Some of her longterm goals include supporting fusion for terrestrial energy production as well as long duration, high payload, human spaceflight.  She works with her students and postdocs at Virginia Tech and the University of Washington to push the state-of-the-art in computational plasma modeling for a wide variety of applications with varying fidelity fluid and kinetic models. Outside of academia, she enjoys exploring the outdoors. “The antidote to exhaustion isn’t rest. It’s nature.” – Shikoba

srinbhu@uw.edu
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Lujain Almarhabi is currently pursuing her PhD degree with the Plasma Dynamics Computational Laboratory at Virginia Tech. She received her master’s degree in plasma physics from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Her research interests include modeling plasma instabilities, ionospheric turbulence and its impact on GPS signals. She also is an avid reader of classic literature and science fiction

Jeff is a first year PhD student studying high-energy density, pulsed-power driven plasma physics with aspirations of integrating fusion energy with advanced space propulsion. He is also interested in getting involved on the Hill to advocate for equitable and responsible use of fusion energy. Jeff is a lifelong athlete, competitively enjoying any and all sports, where he is currently learning to dunk again as well as training for semi-pro status in Table Tennis. He also feels most at home in the kitchen, where he challenges anyone to best his lasagna.

Dyllan Hoffman is a third-year undergraduate student studying Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is currently helping study the differences of local vs nonlocal simulations of plasmas with a steep temperature gradient in a magnetic field. Outside of school Dyllan likes to hike, read, and play basketball and board games.

Vignesh (He/Him) is a PhD student studying plasma sheaths and plasma-material interactions via continuum kinetic simulations using the Gkeyll software framework. The goal of his work is to gain a better understanding of the underlying physics behind plasma wall emissions in magnetized sheaths. In his free time, he likes to cook, read, dance, and play soccer.

John Rodman is a PhD student in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research applies discontinuous Galerkin methods to kinetic plasma models to simulate instabilities relevant to astrophysical and fusion plasmas. When not simulating plasma, he enjoys cooking, rowing, and golf.