David Gates
Managing Research Physicist, Advanced Projects Department Head, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Location: MS40, 357 C01 LSB (PPPL)
Phone Number: 609-243-2837
Email Address: dgates@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Dr. Gates is the stellarator physics leader at PPPL. In this role he acts as the US Technical Representative for the International Collaboration on Superconducting Stellarators. He is also the Principle Investigator of an ARPA-E project entitled “Stellarator Simplification using Permanent Magnets”. At Andlinger, Dr. Gates is also performing research on the improvement of stellarator designs and has recently submitted a proposal entitled “Using permanent magnets for near perfect quasi-symmetry in a stellarator”. Stellarators are a type of plasma containment device that has great promise for creating fusion energy.
If you’d like to learn more about the stellarator concept see Dr. Gates’ lecture: https://www.pppl.gov/events/2021/science-saturday-renaissance-stellarator-fusion-concept
Research Areas: Plasma Physics, Supercapacitors
Igor Kaganovich
Principal Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Location: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phone Number: (609) 243-3277
Email Address: ikaganovich@pppl.gov
Research Description:
Igor Kaganovich is a Principal Research Physicist, is an expert in theoretical plasma physics. He has an extensive publication record with 200 publications on plasma theory, plasma-surface interactions, plasma-based synthesis and processing of nanomaterials, cross-field discharges, and physics of plasma thrusters. His professional interests include plasma physics with applications to nuclear fusion (heavy ion fusion), gas discharge modeling, plasma processing, nanomaterial synthesis, kinetic theory of plasmas and gases, hydrodynamics, quantum mechanics, nonlinear phenomena and pattern formation. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2007. Among many honors, Dr. Kaganovich, along with PPPL physicist Yevgeny Raitses, received PPPL’s Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and Technology Development in 2019. He is also PPPL Distinguished Research Fellow since 2022. He was the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in 1996.
Research Areas: Fusion, Plasma Physics
Egemen Kolemen
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Director, Program in Sustainable Energy
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: D302 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-9209
Email Address: ekolemen@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Egemen Kolemen is a Professor at Princeton University’s Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering jointly appointed with the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). He is the director of the Program in Sustainable Energy, recipient of the David J. Rose Excellence in Fusion Engineering Award and the American Nuclear Society’s Technical Accomplishment Award, and an ITER Scientist Fellow. His research combines engineering and physics analysis to enable economically feasible fusion reactors. He currently leads research on machine learning, real-time diagnostics and control at KSTAR, NSTX-U, and DIII-D. He directs liquid metal divertor and low temperature diagnostics labs. On the theoretical side, his group develops software for stellarator optimization and economical analysis of fusion reactors.
Research Areas: Fusion, Nuclear Energy, Plasma Physics
Yevgeny Raitses
Managing Principal Research Physicist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
Location: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Phone Number:
Email Address: yraitses@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Yevgeny Raitses is an expert in experimental plasma physics. He has an extensive publication record with more than 200 publications on physics of plasma thrusters, plasma-surface interactions, plasma-based synthesis and processing of nanomaterials, cross-field discharges, and plasma diagnostics. Raitses earned a doctoral degree in aerospace from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in 1997. He was elected an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts in 2009 and a fellow of the American Physical Society the following year. Among many honors, Raitses, along with PPPL physicist Igor Kaganovich, received PPPL’s Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and Technology Development in 2019.
Research Areas: Plasma Physics