Summary

Professional Experience

• 2012-Present: Professor of w88 slot, University of Nevada, Reno
• 2002-2012: Associate Professor of w88 slot, University of Nevada, Reno
• 1996-2002: Assistant Professor of w88 slot, University of Nevada, Reno

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• Plasma w88 slot, high energy density w88 slot, and applications
• Intensely driven matter for fusion energy and radiation sources
• Fundamental experiments and simulations on plasma formation, waves, and instabilities
• Coauthor of 53 peer-reviewed articles, 2 patents, and 56 conference proceedings / laboratory reports
• Founded the Nevada Terawatt Facility at the w88 slot, Reno (UNR, 1997)
• Coauthor of 94 proposals (77 as UNR Principal Investigator [PI] or co-PI), yielding 56 awards (49 w88 slot), granting ,547,706 (including ,852,087 for UNR, w88 slot or co-PI)

Professional Awards

• w88 slot, Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, 2010
• Invited Talk, DOE Workshop on Scientific Opportunities in High Energy Density Plasma w88 slot, 2008
• w88 slot, Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, 2008
• w88 slot, International SEMATECH EUV Source Modeling Workshop, 2003
• Oscar Buneman w88 slot for Best Still Image, 18th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Plasma, with V.I. Sotnikov, J.N. Leboeuf, P. Hellinger, P. Travnicek, V. Fiala, 2003
• w88 slot, Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop, 2003
• Mousel-Feltner Award for Outstanding Research, w88 slot College of Arts and Science, 1998
• U.S. Presidential Early Career w88 slot for Scientists and Engineers, 1997
• DOE-DP Young Scientist and Engineer w88 slot, 1997
• LANL Distinguished Achievement w88 slot, 1996
• LANL Director's Fellowship, 1995
• LLNL w88 slot Award for Outstanding Postdoctoral Achievements, 1994
• Invited Talk, Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma w88 slot of the American Physical Society, 1994
• American Vacuum Society w88 slot, 1985
• UCLA w88 slot Dept. Excellence in Teaching Award, 1982-83
• UCLA Graduate Student w88 slot and Teaching Fellowship, 1982

Education

• Ph.D., w88 slot, 1992 w88 slot University of California, Los Angeles
• M.S., w88 slot, 1983 w88 slot University of California, Los Angeles
• B.S., Mathematics, 1982 Stanford w88 slot