Meeting Schedule
Monday, May 18
All times in EDT
BREAKFAST available from 7:30am
8:00am Registration
8:30am Welcome, Introductory Remarks, and Meeting Logistics
TBD, University of Michigan
Michael Cavagnero, Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, US National Science Foundation
Bhuvana Srinivasan, Chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee, University of Washington
9:00am Uwe Kortshagen (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities): Reactive dusty plasmas for the controlled growth of quantum dots
9:30am Muni Zhou (Dartmouth College): Genesis, amplification, and decay of cosmic magnetic fields
10:00am BREAK
10:30am Lorin Matthews (Baylor University): Asymmetry in Action: Direction-Dependent Forces Shaping Collective Behavior
11:00am Bonggu Shim (Binghamton University): Investigation of wavelength- and intensity-dependent laser plasma interactions using ultrafast single-shot visualization
11:30am Thomas Underwood (University of Texas at Austin): Fundamental Reaction Mechanisms in Plasma-Assisted Catalysis
12:00pm Mark Moldwin (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor): Creating Opportunities for All to Promote the Progress of Science
12:30pm WORKING LUNCH
1:30pm Robert Lysak (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities): Auroral Acceleration Processes at Earth and Jupiter
2:00pm Scott Bergeson (Brigham Young University): Measurements and simulations of interface dynamics in kinetic plasmas
2:30pm Gina Noh (Pennsylvania State University - University Park): Toward understanding metal nanoparticle size effects in plasma-enhanced CO2 hydrogenation: A case study of Ni
3:00pm Chris Hansen (Columbia University): Identifying and Bridging the Workforce Gap for the Emergent Fusion Energy Industry
3:30pm BREAK
4:00pm Tonatiuh Sánchez-Vizuet (University of Arizona): Leveraging partial differential equations and integral equations for efficient equilibrium computations
4:30pm Damiano Caprioli (University of Chicago): The Astroplasma Physics of Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Transport
5:00pm Alexey Arefiev (University of California - San Diego): Generation of energetic electrons, gamma rays, and positrons in ultra-high-intensity laser–plasma interactions
Tuesday, May 19
All times in EDT
BREAKFAST available from 7:30am
8:00am Chuji Wang (Mississippi State University): Optical Trapping of Single Dust Particles in Plasma for Diagnostics
8:30am Allison Jaynes (University of Iowa): Waves in a Plasma Ocean: Wave-Particle Interactions throughout the Solar System
9:00am Mikhail Medvedev (University of Kansas): Collective phenomena in extreme QED plasmas
9:30am Jason Stoughton (U.S. National Science Foundation): Science communications: Attention and credibility
10:00am BREAK
10:30am Maria Gatu Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Unique application of high energy density plasmas for nuclear astrophysics experiments
11:00am Dion Antao (Texas A&M University): Non-equilibrium plasma discharges in liquids for real-time detection and critical mineral recovery
11:30am Stanislav Boldyrev (University of Wisconsin - Madison): Relativistic particle acceleration in Alfvenic plasma turbulence
12:00pm Michael Brown (Swarthmore College): Laboratory Astrophysics at an Undergraduate Institution
12:30pm WORKING LUNCH
1:30pm Journal Editors’ Panel on AI Challenges & Opportunities in Scientific Publishing
Igor Adamovich (Ohio State University): (former) Editor-in-Chief, Plasma Sources Science and Technology
Peter Bruggeman (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities): Editor-in-Chief, Plasma Sources Science and Technology
Igor Kaganovich (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory): Editor-in-Chief, Physics of Plasmas
Edl Schamiloglu (University of New Mexico): Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science
Ethan Vishniac (Johns Hopkins University): Editor-in-Chief, American Astronomical Society Journals
2:30pm Poster Session
Wednesday, May 20
All times in EDT
BREAKFAST available from 7:30am
8:00am Sarah (Xiao) Wu (University of Idaho): Engineering Liquid-phase Plasma Discharge for Complete Destruction of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances
8:30am Elias Most (California Institute of Technology): Frontiers of Extreme Plasma Physics Modeling in Relativistic Astrophysics
9:00am Tuija Pulkkinen (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor): Energy transport in the coupled Sun-Earth system and its space weather impacts
9:30am Saikat Chakraborty Thakur (Auburn University): SPI-NET: Community engagement and workforce development via collaborative research on low temperature plasmas
10:00am BREAK
10:30am Jiong Qiu (Montana State University): Plasma Physics in Solar Flares: Advances and Challenges in Recent Observations and Theories
11:00am Michael Litos (University of Colorado at Boulder): Plasma-Powered Light Sources and the Ion Channel Laser
11:30am John Foster (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor): On the trail of self-organizing pattern formation at the plasma-liquid interface
12:00pm Thomas White (University of Nevada, Reno): High Resolution X-Ray Scattering: A Direct Temperature Probe for High-Energy-Density Matter
12:30pm WORKING LUNCH : Q&A with NSF Program Directors
1:30pm Facility & Laboratory Tours (NSF ZEUS User Facility, Plasmadynamics & Electric Propulsion Laboratory, Plasma, Pulsed Power, and Microwave Laboratory, etc.)