Experimental plasma physics; plasma spectroscopy

Pervasive Plasma State, Basic Nonlinear Wave Particle Interaction. Plasma physics and developing an energy source from nuclear fusion

Magnetohydrodynamic stability; hydrodynamic stability; driven magnetic reconnection

Particle and electron transport

Plasma stability theory and nonlinear fluid modeling.

Basic nonlinear plasma dynamics; Hamiltonian dynamics of few and infinite degree-of-freedom systems; fluid mechanics Research Interests

Magnetic reconnection; Magnetic islands; The effect of flows on MHD modes