The Stellarator Theory Group in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scientist.
Ph. D. Student Alexa Lachmann featured in the Dazzling Science video series.
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Slide 1: Poster session featured multiple presentations from the Paul group
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Slide 2: Private industry took part in Sherwood 2025
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Slide 3: After the conference, Sherwood attendees toured the lab at Columbia Fusion Center
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Slide 4: Amelia Chambliss was awarded the Bill Dorland award for her presentation "Quadratic flux-minimizing maps for characterization of energetic particle transport mechanisms in quasihelical and quasiaxisymmetric stellarators”.
Elizabeth Paul, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, hosted the 2025 Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference as chair of the Local Organizing Committee and member of the Executive Committee.
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Slide 1: Poster awards at Sherwood 2025
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Slide 2: Peter Catto presents his revision of Landau damping
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Slide 3: Private fusion enterprises join the conference
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Slide 4: Dr Noah Mandell presents Infinity Two physics basis
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Slide 5: Poster session at Sherwood 2025
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Slide 6: This year's organizing committee: Dr. Fatima Ebrahimi, Prof. Elizabeth Paul and Prof. Evdokiya Kostadinova
Professor Elizabeth Paul's research group participated in the Sherwood 2025 conference, presenting the group's research and serving as co-hosts for this year's event held in Manhattan from April 7-9, 2025.
An Introduction to Stellarators: From Magnetic Fields to Symmetries and Optimization has been published by SIAM.
It is available to Columbia affiliates through the University library system.
You can also download a free digital copy.
Last week, members of the Paul Research Group showcased their work at the Hidden Symmetries and Fusion Energy Team Meeting 2024.
The Stellarator Theory & Computation group in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Scientist. The work scope will include reduced model development, software development, and high-fidelity modeling of energetic particles in stellarator reactor concepts. See a more detailed project description below.
A Ph.D. in physics, applied mathematics, or a related discipline is required. Expertise in plasma physics, scientific computing, and HPC is desirable. The start date is flexible, but ideally, by early 2024. For…
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Slide 1: Grace Rawlinson presents at the Barnard Summer Research Institute Poster Session
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Slide 2: Siwanta Thapa, Mohammed Haque, Somin Lee, and Xueyi Bu present at the APAM Plasma Physics Poster Symposium
The 2023 summer undergraduate and masters students presented their work at the APAM Plasma Physics Poster Symposium and Barnard Summer Research Institute Poster Session. Xueyi Bu and Somin Lee were awarded the best poster prize for their work titled "Improving Performance of Energetic Particle Integration." Congrats on your achievements!