John A. Krommes

Lecturer with the Rank of Professor

krommes@pppl.gov

609-243-2606

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• B.S., Engineering Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1971
• Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 1975

• Plasma turbulence: conceptual foundations and applications
• Gyrokinetics and gyrofluids: theory and simulation

• Fellow, American Physical Society
• Distinguished Research Fellow, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
• Graduate mentoring award, Princeton University

•  AST 554 Irreversible Processes in Plasmas

• Krommes, J. A. Bob Dewar and turbulence theory: lessons in creativity and courage. Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 54, 014001 (2012). 
• Krommes, J. A. The Gyrokinetic Description of Microturbulence in Magnetized Plasmas. Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 44, 175-201 (2012). 
• Krommes, J. A. Advances and Current Challenges in the Theory of Zonal-Flow Generation. AIP Conf. Proc. 1308, 1-15 (2010). 
• Krommes, J. A. Nonlinear gyrokinetics: a powerful tool for the description of microturbulence in magnetized plasmas. Phys. Scripta 2010, 014035 (2010).