Curtis Johnson
Experimental Plasma Physicist, Power Exhaust & Particle Control Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolCurtis Johnson is an experimental plasma physicist with a decade of experience diagnosing fusion edge plasmas using spectroscopy, collisional-radiative modeling, and synthetic optical diagnostics. Based at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Power Exhaust & Particle Control Group, he designs imaging spectrometers and develops forward-modeling tools to bridge experiment and theory for transport-relevant measurements. His background includes DOE-FES postdoctoral work and hands-on research at Auburn University, underpinned by a PhD from Auburn and prior studies in nuclear engineering and physics. Curtis combines deep diagnostic design skills with practical experimental execution, enabling clearer interpretation of messy edge-plasma spectra. He is particularly focused on translating spectroscopic signals into quantitative impurity and particle flux constraints for fusion devices. Colleagues value his ability to turn complex collisional-radiative theory into usable diagnostic software and instrument hardware.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Nuclear Engineering, Nuclear Engineering at University of Wisconsin-MadisonPhysics, Physics at University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Auburn University
Github Skills (11)
solver10
inverse10
renderer9
python8
tracer7
theory6
rendering6
ray5
raytracing5
pbrt5
physically-based-rendering3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
johnson-c/ColRadPy
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
Collisional-radiative python solver
Contributions:7 reviews, 241 commits, 12 PRs in 4 years 9 months
pythonsolver
johnson-c/pyspectrum
Apr 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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