This is a list of papers that I have presented as lead author at conferences, workshops and international meetings. This list does not include co-authorship in invited or contributed presentations by fellow colleagues.
SMARTS 2024, contributed talk. “PORTALS: introduction, status and plans”, 1st SMARTS-FRONTIERS SciDac Workshop, San Diego (CA), February 27-29 2024.
APS 2023, invited talk. “On the direct use of core non-linear gyrokinetic profile predictions for the planning of burning plasmas experiments“, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver (CO), Oct 30 – Nov 3 2023.
IAEA-FEC 2021, poster. “Core performance predictions with nonlinear gyrokinetics and implications to scope burning-plasma tokamaks“, 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, London (UK), Oct 16-21 2023.
EPS 2023, invited talk. “Prediction of core kinetic profiles and burning plasma performance with high-fidelity gyrokinetic simulations in tokamaks“, 49th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Bordeaux (France), Jul 3-7 2023.
IAEA-TM 2023, contributed talk. “Bayesian optimization techniques to accelerate burning-plasma and reactor simulations“, IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Data Processing, Validation and Analysis, Ghent (Belgium), June 12 – 15 2023.
US-TTF 2023, plenary talk. “Modeling of burning plasma performance in SPARC via first-principles core turbulence simulations“, 32nd US Transport Task Force Workshop, Madison (WI), May 2-5 2023.
ICDDPS 2023, contributed talk. “Leveraging surrogate-based optimization to enable profile predictions with nonlinear turbulence codes“, 4th International Conference on Data Driven Plasma Science, Okinawa (Japan), Apr 16-21 2023.
Meta-AE 2023, invited talk. “Optimization techniques to accelerate the realization of fusion energy”, 2nd Meta Adaptive Experimentation Workshop, New York (NY), Apr 10-11 2023.
APS-DPP 2022, contributed talk. “First-principles performance prediction of burning plasmas with self-consistent kinetic profiles“, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Spokane (WA), Oct 17-21 2022.
US/EU-TTF 2022, contributed talk. “Towards multi-channel profile predictions with full nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations in burning plasmas“, 31st US Transport Task Force Meeting (Joint EU/US), Santa Rosa (CA), Apr 5-8 2022.
APS-DPP 2021, contributed talk. “Physics exploration of scenarios towards breakeven and burning plasmas in the SPARC tokamak“, 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh (PA), Nov 8-12 2021.
EU/US-TTF 2021, contributed talk. “Bayesian optimization and automatic differentiation techniques towards full nonlinear predictions of tokamak performance“, 25th Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Virtual meeting, Sep 6-10 2021.
EPS 2021, contributed poster. “Optimization of fusion reactor scenarios with high-fidelity physics models“, 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Virtual meeting, Jun 21-25 2021.
IAEA-FEC 2021, overview poster. “Overview of the SPARC physics basis towards the exploration of burning-plasma regimes in high-field, compact tokamaks“, 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Virtual meeting, May 10-15 2021. >Poster<
US-TTF 2021, contributed talk. “Predict-first modeling of SPARC burning plasmas: On the use of integrated simulations to inform the design of a new machine“, 30th US Transport Task Force Workshop, Virtual meeting, Apr 19-23 2021.
APS-DPP 2020, contributed talk. “Empirical and physics-based predictions of core plasma performance for the SPARC tokamak“, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Virtual meeting, Nov 9-13 2020.
AAPPS-DPP 2020, invited talk. “On the local nature of cold-pulse experiments in Alcator C-Mod, DIII-D and ASDEX Upgrade“, 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies, Virtual Meeting, Oct 26-31 2020.
APS-DPP 2019, contributed talk. “Physics-Based Integrated Modeling and Exploration of Fusion Performance in SPARC Plasmas”, 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Ft. Lauderdale (FL), Oct 21-25 2019.
EPS 2019, contributed poster. “Core transport studies in tokamak plasmas via surrogate-based optimization techniques”, 46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Milan (Italy), Jul 8-12 2019.
ICDDPS 2019, invited talk. “Surrogate-Based Optimization Techniques for the Validation of Plasma Transport Models”, 2nd International Conference of Data Driven Plasma Science, Marseille (France), May 13-17 2019.
ITPA-TC 2019, invited talk. “Multi-machine study of cold-pulse dynamics: Towards a local model for the temperature inversion effect”, ITPA Transport and Confinement Topical Group Meeting Spring 2019, Austin (TX), Mar 25-27 2019.
APS-DPP 2018, invited talk. “Understanding cold-pulse dynamics in tokamak plasmas using local turbulent transport models”, 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland (OR), Nov 5-9 2018.
APS-DPP (mini-conference) 2018, contributed talk. “VITALS: Surrogate Models and Genetic Algorithms to Accelerate Transport Model Validation”, Mini-Conference on Machine Learning, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Plasma Research, at the 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Portland (OR), Nov 5-9 2018.
IAEA-FEC 2018, invited talk. “Explaining cold-pulse dynamics in tokamak plasmas using local turbulent transport models”, 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Gandhinagar (India), Oct 22-27 2018.
EU/US-TTF 2018, invited talk. “Modeling of cold-pulse dynamics in Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D: A local turbulent transport approach”, 23rd Joint EU-US Transport Task Force Meeting, Seville (Spain), Sep 11-14 2018.
EPS 2018, contributed poster. “Explaining cold-pulse dynamics in tokamak plasmas using local turbulent transport models”, 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Prague (Czech Republic), Jul 2-6 2018.
US-TTF 2018, invited talk. “Prediction of cold-pulse dynamics in tokamak plasmas using quasilinear turbulent transport models”, 28th US Transport Task Force Workshop, San Diego (CA), May 8-1 2018.
ITPA-TC 2018, invited talk. “Modeling cold-pulse propagation in Alcator C-Mod plasmas using TGLF”, ITPA Transport and Confinement Topical Group Meeting Spring 2018, Daejeon (Republic of Korea), Apr 9-11 2018.
ITPA-TC 2018, invited talk. “An introduction to VITALS: surrogate models to accelerate transport model validation”, ITPA Transport and Confinement Topical Group Meeting Spring 2018, Daejeon (Republic of Korea), Apr 9-11 2018.
APS-DPP 2017, contributed poster. “Validation of TGLF in C-Mod and DIII-D using machine learning and integrated modeling tools”, 59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Milwaukee (WI), Oct 23-27 2017.
IAEA-TM 2017, contributed talk. “Validation of quasilinear transport codes via machine learning strategies”, 2nd IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Data Processing, Validation and Analysis, Cambridge (MA), May 30 – Jun 2 2017.
US-TTF 2017, contributed poster. “New modeling approaches for cold-pulse and heat-pulse propagation experiments in Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D”, US Transport Task Force Workshop, Williamsburg (VA), Apr 25-28 2017.
APS-DPP 2016, contributed talk. “Perturbative transport modeling and comparison to cold-pulse and heat-pulse propagation experiments in Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D”, 58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, San Jose (CA), Oct 31 – Nov 4 2016.
GTWGM 2016, contributed talk. “Perturbative transport modeling and dependence of temperature inversions on plasma parameters in Alcator C-Mod plasmas”, Gyrokinetic Theory Working Group Meeting, Madrid (Spain), Sept 26-30 2016.
US-TTF 2016, contributed poster. “Dependence of non-local effects on plasma parameters during cold-pulse experiments in Alcator C-Mod”, US Transport Task Force Workshop, Denver (CO), Mar 29-31 2016.