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Associate Professors

Michael Philip Short

Michael's Personal Website

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Research Scientists

Sara Elizabeth Ferry

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage, ATF Materials
Focus Area: ARC vacuum vessel and blanket tank materials design

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Gregory Wallace


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Kevin B Woller

Active Projects: MSR/FHR Irradiation/Corrosion, Deconvolving Radiation Damage

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Administrative Assistants

Rachel Batista


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Postdoctoral Associates

David Fischer

Focus Area: Irradiation enhancement of REBCO superconductors for fusion energy

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Angus Wylie

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams

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Weiyue Zhou

Active Projects: MSR/FHR Irradiation/Corrosion
Focus Area: Mechanisms of radiation-affected corrosion

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Graduate Students

Elena Botica Artalejo
Mentored by Gregory Wallace

Focus Area: Combinatorial Synthesis and Rapid Testing of CuCrNb Alloys for Fusion RF Plasma Antennas

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Wande Cairang
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Active Projects: MSR/FHR Irradiation/Corrosion
Focus Area: Radiation-Decelerated Corrosion in Liquid Lead

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Stanley Chang
Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig

Focus Area: Proton Cyclotron Irradiation for Examining Fusion Materials

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Matthew Chew
Jointly supervised by Jacopo Buongiorno


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Max Rae Chu
Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams

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Kaylee Cunningham (She/Her)
Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams
Kaylee's Personal Website

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Benjamin Dacus

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage
Focus Area: Rapid down-selection of structural materials

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Alexis Rustam Devitre
Jointly supervised by Dennis Whyte
Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Degradation and recovery of superconducting properties under irradiation at cryogenic temperatures

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Zoe L Fisher (she/her)
Jointly supervised by Dennis Whyte
Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Current pulse annealing of irradiated high-temperature superconductors

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Nayoung Kim
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Impurity-driven irradiation/corrosion in molten salts

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Andrew Thomas Lanzrath
Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig

Focus Area: Irradiation damage of high-temperature superconductors in large magnetic fields

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Aurélien Legoupil

Focus Area: Radiation defect analysis of fiber optics for fusion magnet quench detection

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Avery Nguyen (they/them)

Active Projects: Wigner Energy
Focus Area: Measuring radiation damage of PCTFE gaskets for nuclear enrichment forensics

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Adria Peterkin
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Active Projects: MSR/FHR Irradiation/Corrosion
Focus Area: Radiation-affected corrosion in impurity-laden molten salt

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Daniel Reinfurt
Mentored by Rachel Connick

Active Projects: Wigner Energy
Focus Area: Forensic fingerprints of uranium enrichment

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Myles Stapelberg
Jointly supervised by Dennis Whyte

Active Projects: Metal-CNT Composites
Focus Area: Rapid Automated Materials - Discover, Down-select, Deploy!

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Kay Whiteaker (they/them)

Focus Area: Thermal transport of irradiated metal hydrides

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Undergraduate Student (UROP)s

Hannah Agwunobi
Mentored by Stefano Segantin

Focus Area: Predicting radiation resistance with potential energy landscape heterogeneity

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Emilio Ahuactzin-Garcia
Mentored by Emre Yildirim

Focus Area: TGS analysis of Tungsten-Tantalum compounds for FEM modeling

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Paola Amadeo
Mentored by Charlie Hirst

Focus Area: Stored energy of irradiated silicon carbide

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Liliana R Arias
Mentored by Avery Nguyen

Focus Area: Forensic Uranium Enrichment Reconstruction of Maraging Steels via Oxide Swift Ion Track Etching

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Akarsh Aurora
Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: A variable-temperature target holder for beamline TGS

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Iselle M Barrios

Focus Area: Decarbonizing Ulaanbaatar: Examining the Potential Use of Thermochemical Energy Storage for Household Heating in the Ger District

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Bethany Belleque
Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Measuring vacancy-type radiation defects using positrons

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Liam J Coy
Mentored by Zoe Fisher

Focus Area: Effects of Magnetic Fields on Superconductors for Fusion Reactors

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Jessica L Dett
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Exploring the influence of oxygen and EuF3 on corrosion in molten fluoride salt

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Samuel Engebretson
Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Deducing defects in high temperature superconductors during irradiation using transient grating spectroscopy

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Lauryn D Kortman
Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: TGS of High-Temperature Superconductors

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Nikhita A Law
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of EuF3 as a molten salt chemical buffer

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Edward Lu
Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with First Principles Atomistics

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Claudia Miklavcic
Mentored by Charlie Hirst

Focus Area: Measuring Stored Energy using Flash DSC in Copper due to Dislocations

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Riley Moeykens
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou

Focus Area: Studying the influence of proton irradiation on Ni-20Cr corrosion in fluoride salts

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Eleni T Mowery
Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: RAM-3D rapid analysis of V-Ti-Cr alloys for fusion

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Lucy M Nester
Mentored by Alexis Devitre

Focus Area: Investigating Specific Positron Trapping Rates Through DFT Simulation

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Katherine L Pan
Mentored by David Fischer

Focus Area: Designing a Robust Test Stand for High Temperature Superconductors for Fusion Magnets

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Jonas A Rajagopal
Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: Designing a Modular TGS System for the MIT Cyclotron

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Lily Sensen
Jointly supervised by Haruko Wainwright

Focus Area: Neutron Activation Analysis on Toenails, Rice, and Honey for Environmental Monitoring

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Diana Shklover
Mentored by Charlie Hirst

Focus Area: Stored energy analysis of irradiated tungsten carbide

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Colin M Weaver
Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: Building a 3D mapping stage for TGS

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Visiting Students

Kuba Anglin (he/him) (Northeastern)
Mentored by Myles Stapelberg

Focus Area: TGS mapping of PVD combinatorial fusion materials

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Yelena Kim (INP, Kazakhstan)

Focus Area: Radiation damage of EP-450 duplex steel

Davide Loiacono (PoliMi, Italy)
Mentored by Benjamin Dacus

Focus Area: TGS of amorphous alumina coatings for nuclear fuel
Davide's Personal Website

Ziv Ungarish (BGU, Israel)

Focus Area: Irradiation resistance of uranium-based high entropy alloys

Kristýna Zoubková (CTU Prague)
Mentored by Angus Wylie

Focus Area: TGS analysis of NiTi shape memory films


Research Affiliates

Saleem A Al Dajani (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage

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Nouf AlMousa (Princess Nourah Univ., Saudi Arabia)


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Cody A. Dennett (CFS)

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage
Cody's Personal Website

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Frank A Garner (TAMU)

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage

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Charlie Hirst (He/Him) (U. Mich.)

Active Projects: Wigner Energy
Focus Area: Direct measurement of Wigner energy from radiation damage

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Miaomiao (Mia) Jin (Penn State)

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage
Miaomiao (Mia)'s Personal Website

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Mikhail Merezhko (INP, Kazakhstan)

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage

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Stefano Segantin (Polito, Italy)

Focus Area: Linking potential energy landscape heterogeneity to radiation damage resistance

Caroline Sorenson (CFS)

Active Projects: Deconvolving Radiation Damage

Çi?dem Toparli (METU, Turkey)

Active Projects: Fractalline Fouling Deposits

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Dept. of Nuclear Science & Engineering Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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