I am a space plasma physicist specializing in numerical modeling of solar eruptive events such as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). A key theme in my research is magnetic reconnection, a ubiquitous plasma physics process responsible for the explosive energy release that powers many space phenomena and is thought to play a key role in triggering and driving solar activity. To study these phenomena I perform high-resolution three-dimensional MHD modeling using high-performance computing resources including NASA's Pleiades and Discover clusters and the Frontera supercomputer located at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). My ongoing goal is to interpret and predict observations returned from NASA solar observatories such as the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), and the joint ESA/NASA mission Solar Orbiter (SolO).

Research Areas:

Solar, stellar & space plasma physics

Computation and Simulation

Research Centers & Collaborations: Partnership for Heliophysics and Space Environment Research

Facilities:

Supercomputing