News

FIRST PRIZE in Art of Science contest May 2013

My contribution has received the award of best picture, and the prize was presented by Pablo Debenedetti, Dean of Research. My thanks to the distinguished panel of judges: Katherine Bussard, Peter C. Bunnell curator of the Princeton Art Museum; David Dobkin, Dean of the Faculty; Emmet Gowin, Professor of Visual Arts, Emeritus; Paul Muldoon, Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities; and Shirley M. Tilghman, President. Visit the official Art of Science gallery.

 

New paper out May 2013

My latest co-authored paper about sawtooth control in ITER has been published online. Check it out.

 

American Institute of Physics Editor's Choice 2012May 2013

One of my co-authored articles made it into the Best Articles of the Year 2012 selection of Physics of Plasmas. More information here.

 

Art of Science 2013 May 2013

I made it into the official selection of Princeton University's Art of Science contest with this picture. The pictures will be up on their website by May 10th. Stay tuned.

 

3D: New addition to this site March 2013

I have made some efforts in HTML5, WebGL and JavaScript to include some of my 3D visualizations on this site. This is not in picture form as usual, but in a fun, hands-on way. I started off with just one comparison, between measurements and simulation, but there is more to come. Check it out!

 

New SNSF fellowship December 2012

The Swiss National Science Foundation just decided to award me with their Advanced Researcher's fellowship. Ranked highest of six levels, predicate "outstanding". Cheers!

 

New article submitted November 2012

We have just submitted our new article about the structure of the stratosphere in an idealized GCM with Newtonian cooling. Read it here.