Pierre-Alexandre Gourdain

My full CV is available as a PDF file.

Present position

• Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester

Previous positions

• 2008-2014, NNSA Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
• 2005-2008, Assistant Researcher and Lecturer, Physics Department, UCLA
• 2002-2005, Assistant Researcher, Physics Department, UCLA

Education:

• Ph.D. Ecole Centrale de Lyon / UCLA
• M. S. Ecole Centrale de Lyon
• Engineering Diploma at Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France

Research Interests

• Laboratory Astrophysics
• Warm Dense Matter
• Plasma diagnostics
• Magnetohydrodynamics theory and simulations
• Particle in cell theory and simulations
• Magnetic and inertial fusion energy
• Plasma instabilities and micro-turbulence
• Magnetic reconnections

Synergistic Activities

• Member of 2009 Research Needs Workshop (ReNeW) on HEDLP
• Reviewer for NSF and DoE
• Research Needs Workshop (ReNeW) on HEDLP
• Physics outreach program