Research Interests: 

Experimental plasma physics.

Research: 

• Basic plasma physics problems, including laboratory simulations of space plasma phenomena, dusty plasmas
• Facilities include two lab rooms with three plasma chambers
• Major equipment includes two Q-machines with magnetic field up to 0.5 T; each machine is dedicated to a single graduate student
• Students develop skills including: vacuum, electronics, data acquisition, image analysis, instrument fabrication
• Employment opportunities include industry, government labs and universities