Faculty
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Nuno Loureiro
Herman Feshbach (1942) Professor of Physics
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Focuses on theory and simulations of astrophysical and laboratory plasmas.
Miklos Porkolab
Professor of Physics, Post-Tenure (1977-2018)
Pioneering studies of nonlinear wave-particle interactions and turbulence in laboratory, tokamak and stellarator plasmas, including RF current drive.
