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
(He/him/his)
Graduate Student
UC Irvine
Theoretical Plasma Physics
Tae Baxter
(He/him/his)
Postdoc
UC San Diego
Computational Astronomy
Afrah Azher Ezzeldine
(She/her/hers)
Data Analyst
TAE Technologies
Computational Physics
Evan Gonzalez
(He/him/his)
Research scientist
Livermore National Lab
Computational Physics
Hannah Hasson
(She/her/hers)
Postdoc
Sandia National Labs
Experimental Plasma Physics
Alyssa Hayes
(She/her/hers)
Graduate Student
University of Tennessee
Nuclear Engineering
Landry Horimbere
(He/him/his)
Graduate Student
University of Maryland
Experimental Plasma Physics
Shailaja Humane
(She/her/hers)
Graduate Student
University of Michigan
Theoretical Plasma Physics
Kimberly Inzunza
(She/her/hers)
Graduate Student
UC San Diego
Experimental Plasma Physics
Matt Ketkaroonkul
(He/them/theirs)
Graduate Student
UCLA
Computational Plasma Physics
Kassie Moczulski
(She/them/theirs)
Graduate Student
University of Rochester
Computational Plasma Physics
Sara Negussie
(She/her/hers)
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Post Masters
Los Alamos Nat'l Lab
Computational Plasma Physics
Ricky Oropeza
(He/him/his)
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Graduate Student
Ohio State University
Computational Plasma Physics
Eli Parke
(They/them/theirs)
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Research scientist
TAE Technologies
Experimental Plasma Physics
Nathan Ryan
(He/them/theirs)
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Masters student
U Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nuclear Engineering
Joshua Tanner
(He/him/his)
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Theoretical Plasma Physics
Imani West-Abdallah
(She/them/theirs)
Graduate Student
University of Rochester
Experimental Plasma Physics