Chen Zhao
Research Staff at General Atomics
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChen Zhao is a research scientist with a Ph.D. in Plasma Physics and nine years’ experience in theoretical and computational modeling of magnetically confined fusion plasmas. Based at General Atomics in San Diego, he provides MHD theory and high-performance numerical simulation support for major facilities including DIII-D, ITER, KSTAR, MAST-U, and NSTX-U, and leads a 2024–2025 INCITE simulation project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His work spans MHD stability, kinetic effects, runaway-electron dynamics, and disruption physics, and he has developed and benchmarked key modules in community codes such as M3D-C1, NIMROD, and JOREK. Previously at Princeton he implemented a self-consistent runaway-electron fluid model that clarified RE–MHD interactions and informed experimental planning. He combines deep theory with hands-on code development and experimental data analysis, producing multiple first-author and collaborative publications and invited conference talks. Colleagues rely on him not only for simulations but also for practical documentation and cross-code benchmarking that accelerate community adoption.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy Plasma and High-Temperature Physics, Doctor of Philosophy Plasma and High-Temperature Physics at Zhejiang University
Github Skills (5)
playing9
architecture7
golang6
machine-learning6
tensorflow5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
HardcoreJosh/JoshieGo
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
A Go playing program implemented in Tensorflow roughly according to the architecture of AlphaGo. Current strength is 3~4 amateur dan.
Contributions:13 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
golangalphagoamateurmachine-learningstrength
HardcoreJosh/CppPrimer_RunningExamples
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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