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MEET THE TEAM

The Computational Research Access NEtwork (CRANE) team is comprised of computational physicists and chemists from across the nation who were brought together by a collective passion for teaching and mentorship. Their expertise spans a diverse range of topics, from modeling molecular dynamics to understanding fluid flow in astrophysical plasmas. Although the seminar was initially conceived as a training program for undergraduate researchers in plasma physics, the teaching team has expanded the curriculum to cover computational methods used in their own fields of expertise. 

Ernesto Barraza-Valdez
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Scientist

Xcmier

Theoretical Plasma Physics

Tae Baxter
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Postdoc

UC San Diego

Computational Astronomy

Afrah Azher Ezzeldine
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Data Analyst

TAE Technologies

Computational Physics

Evan Gonzalez
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Research Scientist

Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab

Computational Physics

Hannah Hasson
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Postdoc

Sandia National Labs

Experimental Plasma Physics

Alyssa Hayes
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Graduate Student

University of Tennessee

Nuclear Engineering

Landry Horimbere
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Graduate Student

University of Maryland

Experimental Plasma Physics

Shailaja Humane
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Graduate Student

University of Michigan

Theoretical Plasma Physics

Kimberly Inzunza
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Graduate Student

UC San Diego

Experimental Plasma Physics

Matt Ketkaroonkul
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Graduate Student

UCLA

Computational Plasma Physics

Josh Lewis
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Graduate Student

UCI

Experimental Plasma Physics

Kassie Moczulski
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Graduate Student

University of Rochester

Computational Plasma Physics

Sara Negussie
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Post Masters

Los Alamos Nat'l Lab

Computational Plasma Physics

Ricky Oropeza

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Graduate Student

Ohio State University

Computational Plasma Physics

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Eli Parke
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Research scientist

TAE Technologies

Experimental Plasma Physics

Nathan Ryan
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Masters student

U Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nuclear Engineering

Joshua Tanner
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Theoretical Plasma Physics

Imani West-Abdallah
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Graduate Student

University of Rochester

Experimental Plasma Physics

Questions, comments, or concerns?

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Email: crane@cranephysics.org

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation

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