Michael Fitzgerald

Michael Fitzgerald
Visiting Fellow

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About

In 2009, Michael Fitzgerald earned his Ph.D. in plasma physics from the University of Sydney, focusing on visible spectroscopy and kinetic simulation of partially ionized discharges. From 2010 to 2012, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Australian National University (ANU), concentrating on the study of fast particle modifications to equilibrium and stability in high beta spherical tokamaks.

In 2012, Fitzgerald joined the UK Atomic Energy Authority as a physicist specializing in burning plasma physics. In this role, he led experiments to investigate alpha particle physics on the Joint European Torus (JET) and applied the findings to future tokamaks. Michael is also a director of the Culham Plasma Physics Summer School.

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Research interests

  • nonlinear wave-particle interaction
  • magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equilibrium and stability including pressure anisotropy and plasma rotation
  • fast particle physics: neutral beam injection (NBI) and fusion alpha populations
  • remote participation

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