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| Graduate Students
David Auerbach graduated from Swarthmore College Magna Cum Laude in 2001 with a B.A. in Physics. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on plasma temperature measurements using doppler broadening of emissions spectra. His current work is an investigation of the behavior of high aplitude Alfvén waves in plasmas, with a focus on systems related to the upper atmosphere. This work is being done under the supervision of Dr. Troy Carter and Dr. Steven Vincena.
Andrew Collette graduated from the University of Rochester in 2004 with a B.S. in Physics, and has been at the BaPSF since. His thesis is on the interaction of dense, laser-produced plasmas in the background magnetized environment of the LaPD. This work has so far resulted in a paper detailing the large-scale current systems generated by the interaction, and is expected to lead to further published results. More detail is available at his web site, alfven.org. Andrew may also be reached by email: collette (at) physics.ucla.edu
Chris Cooper graduated from Cornell University in 2005 with a B.A. in Physics. He is currently working on Lanthanum Hexaboride plasma sources in a toroidal configuration. The resulting plasma is 30eV at n_e = 2*10^19/m^3 giving a Beta of 1-3 in our fields, 20cm wide and 120m long. He plans to study High Beta Alfvén Wave propogation. Chris may be reached by email: cmc86@ucla.edu
Alexandre Gigliotti graduated from the University of California, Summa Cum Laude in 2005 with a B.S. in Astrophysics. He is currently working on the generation and characterization of polarized shear Alfvén waves in the Large Plasma Device. Once completed, he will go on to study the interaction of those waves with energetic particles. Alex may be reached by email: alexgig@physics.ucla.edu
Brett Jacobs graduated from the University of Texas, Austin in 2003 with a B. S. in Physics. His current project is using Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) to study ion dynamics in a semiconductor plasma processing tool. Brett may be reached by email: bjacobs@physics.ucla.edu
Eric Lawrence graduated from Reed College in 2003 with a B. A. in Mathematics - Physics. He is interested in the interactions of magnetic flux ropes in laboratory plasmas. Eric may be reached by email: lawrence@physics.ucla.edu
David Pace graduated from the University of the Pacific in 2002 with a B.Sc. in Physics and began his graduate studies at UCLA during that summer. His thesis concerns turbulence and electron energy transport in filamentary pressure structures. This work has resulted in publications regarding the spontaneous generation of thermal waves and the properties of exponential power spectra in turbulent plasmas. More detail is available at his website, davidpace.com. David may also be reached by email: pace@physics.ucla.edu
Stephanie Stattel is a first year graduate student in the Physics Department at UCLA. She is currently starting a research project on LAPD and working on completing her courses and qualifying exam. Stephanie obtained a B. S. in Applied Physics in 2005 from Columbia University, as well as a B. A. in Physics from Holy Cross. She may be reached by email: stattel@ucla.edu
Yuhou Wang graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2007 with a B.S. in Appied Physics. She is currently starting research on a semiconductor plasma processing tool. Yuhou may be reached by email: wangyh@physics.ucla.edu
Anne White (white (at) physics.ucla.edu) graduated from the University of Arizona in 2003 with a B.S. in Physics and Applied Mathematics. Her thesis has focused on the experimental study of electron temperature fluctuations in the DIII-D tokamak, located in San Diego, CA. This work has resulted in the first observations that core electron temperature fluctuations in H-mode are reduced and the first comparisons between electron temperature fluctuations and nonlinear plasma turbulence simulations. Anne's thesis advisor is Dr. Troy Carter, and she has worked extensively with Dr. Lothar Schmitz and Dr. Tony Peebles of the UCLA Plasma Diagnostics Group (PDG).
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