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Professor
Theoretical and Computational Plasma Physics
Department of Physics and Astronomy
West Virginia University
Positions Held
Professor
August 2018 - Present
West Virginia University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Associate Professor
August 2013 - August 2018
West Virginia University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Assistant Professor
July 2008 - August 2013
West Virginia University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Postdoctoral Researcher
January 2007 - July 2008
University of Delaware
Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Other Positions Held
Associate Director
January 2020 - Present
Center for KINetic Experimental, Theoretical, and Integrated Computational (KINETIC) Plasma Physics
West Virginia University
Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Department of Physics, December 2006
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M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Physics, August 2001
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B.S., University of Arizona
Department of Physics, Department of Mathematics, June 1998
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