

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)

Graduate Student
UC Irvine
Computational Astronomy
Evan Gonzalez
(He/him/his)

Research scientist
Livermore National Lab
Computational Physics
Dwaipayan (DD)
(He/him/his)

Research Scientist
University of Tennessee
Computational Material Science
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
Sara Negussie
(She/her/hers)

Post Masters
Los Alamos Nat'l Lab
Computational Plasma Physics
Ricky Oropeza
(He/him/his)
Graduate Student
Ohio State University
Computational Plasma Physics

Eli Parke
(They/them/theirs)

Research scientist
TAE Technologies
Experimental Plasma Physics
Joshua Tanner
(He/him/his)

Theoretical Plasma Physics
Imani West-Abdallah
(She/they/theirs)


Graduate Student
University of Rochester
Experimental Plasma Physics