Zhihong LinProfessor, Physics & Astronomy |
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Research Interests |
plasma physics, turbulence, transport, massively parallel computing, particle-in-cell simulation | |
| URL | gk.ps.uci.edu/zlin | |
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Academic Distinctions |
American Physical Society, Fellow, 2006. NSF CAREER Award, 2004. DOE Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Development Award, 2003. US Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, 2000. DOE Early Career Awards in Science and Engineering, 2000. Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics and Technology Development, 1999. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995. |
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Research Abstract |
My research group studies instability, turbulence, and transport in high temperature plasmas using massively parallel simulation. Turbulent transport is arguably the most important scientific challenges in burning plasma experiments ITER, the crucial next step in the quest for fusion energy. Turbulence is ubiquitous in laboratory, space, and astrophysical plasmas. It is a nonlinear, dynamical, complex system that is full of intellectual challenges. | |
| Publications |
Wave-particle decorrelation and transport of anisotropic turbulence in collisionless plasmas, Z. Lin, I. Holod, L. Chen, P. H. Diamond, T. S. Hahm, and S. Ethier, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 265003 (2007). Nonlinear Saturation of Mirror Instability, H. Qu, Z. Lin, and L. Chen, Geophy. Res. Lett. 35, L10108 (2008). Transport of Energetic Particles by Microturbulence in Magnetized Plasmas, Wenlu Zhang, Zhihong Lin, and Liu Chen, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 095001 (2008). Gyrokinetic particle simulations of toroidal momentum transport, I. Holod and Z. Lin, Phys. Plasmas 15, 092302 (2008). Full Torus Electromagnetic Gyrokinetic Particle Simulations with Kinetic Electrons, Y. Nishimura, Z. Lin and L. Chen, Commun. Comput. Phys. 5, 183-194 (2009). Turbulent transport of trapped electron modes in collisionless plasmas, Yong Xiao and Zhihong Lin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 085004 (2009). Properties of microturbulence in toroidal plasmas with reversed magnetic shear, Wenjun Deng and Zhihong Lin, Phys. Plasmas 16, 102503 (2009). |
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| Grants | NSF, CAREER Award, 7/1/2005-6/30/2010. | |
| DOE, Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC), Center for Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of Turbulent Transport in Burning Plasmas, 2/15/2003-2/28/2011. | ||
| DOE, SciDAC-Fusion Simulation Prototype Centers, Center of Plasma Edge Simulation, 10/1/2005-1/14/2011. | ||
| DOE, Theoretical Research in Plasma and Fusion Science, 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2012. | ||
| DOE, SciDAC, Center for Gyrokinetic Simulation of Energetic Particle Turbulence and Transport, 2/15/2008-2/14/2011. | ||
| DOE, Plasma Science Center, 9/15/2009-9/14/2014 | ||
| NSF/DOE Partnership in Basic Plasma Science and Engineering, 9/1/2009-8/31/2012 | ||
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Professional Societies |
American Physical Society American Geophysical Union |
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| Other Experience |
Assistant Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine 2002—2005 |
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Research Physicist Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University 2001—2002 |
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Staff Research Physicist Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University 1997—2001 |
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Department of Energy Fusion Energy Postdoctoral Fellow Princeton University 1995—1997 |
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Associate Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy 2005—2008 |
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| Research Centers | Center for Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of Turbulent Transport in Burning Plasmas (GPS). | |
| Center of Plasma Edge Simulation (CPES). | ||
| Center for Gyrokinetic Simulation of Energetic Particle Turbuelnce and Transport (GSEP). | ||
| Plasma Science Center | ||
| Link to this profile | http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4975 | |
| Last updated | 10/22/2009 | |