High Field Science staff and students
[Photo credit: Eugene Kowaluk (LLE)]
Current PhD students
Brendan Stassel (Applied Physics)
Veronica Contreras (EE)
Nicolas Kalem (Applied Physics)
Hear Brandon talk about being a graduate students at Michigan:
Note to potential graduate students: I accept PhD students through the Applied Physics program, the ECE department or the NERS department. Please see their websites for information on how to apply. Other useful information on applying for a PhD in plasma physics may be found on the MIPSE website.
Alumni
- Hongmei Tang, PhD (EE, 2023). Dissertation titled “The Measurement and Optimization of Direct Laser Acceleration”. Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Brandon K Russell, PhD (EE, 2022). Dissertation titled “Magnetic Field Dynamics and Shock Physics at the High Intensity Frontier of Laser Plasma Interactions“. Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, NERS, University of Michigan.
- Paul T Campbell, PhD (Applied Physics, 2019): Dissertation titled “Laboratory Investigations of Magnetic Field Generation and Interactions Driven by High Power Lasers”. Current position: Assistant Research Scientist, ECE, University of Michigan.
- Amina Hussein, PhD (Applied Physics, 2019): Dissertation titled “Laser-Driven Electron Accelerators as a Broadband Radiation Source from Infrared to X-rays”. Current position: Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, University of Alberta.
- Carl Gerisch (ECE undergraduate researcher, 2021 – 2022), Project title: “Proton deflectometry analysis of magnetic fields driven by laser-foil interactions”.
- Lillian Croghan (UROP project student, 2021 – 2022) Project title: “Build and characterize a liquid crystal target for high-intensity laser-plasma experiments”.
- Krishen Ratnayaka (UROP project student, 2018-2019) Project title: “Digitization and analysis of proton radiograph film data”.