

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

Scientist
Xcmier
Theoretical Plasma Physics
Tae Baxter

Postdoc
UC San Diego
Computational Astronomy
Afrah Azher Ezzeldine

Data Analyst
TAE Technologies
Computational Physics
Evan Gonzalez

Research Scientist
Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab
Computational Physics
Hannah Hasson

Postdoc
Sandia National Labs
Experimental Plasma Physics
Alyssa Hayes

Graduate Student
University of Tennessee
Nuclear Engineering
Landry Horimbere

Graduate Student
University of Maryland
Experimental Plasma Physics
Shailaja Humane

Graduate Student
University of Michigan
Theoretical Plasma Physics
Kimberly Inzunza

Graduate Student
UC San Diego
Experimental Plasma Physics
Matt Ketkaroonkul

Graduate Student
UCLA
Computational Plasma Physics
Josh Lewis

Graduate Student
UCI
Experimental Plasma Physics
Kassie Moczulski

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

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


Graduate Student
University of Rochester
Experimental Plasma Physics