Nathaniel Ferraro
Research Scientist at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolNathaniel Ferraro is a research scientist and physicist with a decade of experience building high-performance scientific computing software for magnetic fusion energy applications. At Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory he develops scalable C, C++ and Fortran codes for massively parallel systems, applying magnetohydrodynamics and mathematical modeling to advance fusion research. His background includes seven years at General Atomics and a PhD in Plasma Physics from Princeton, grounded in a BA in Physics and Mathematics from Dartmouth. He focuses on alternative energy and energy security, translating complex theory into production-capable simulation tools. Nathaniel combines deep domain expertise with practical software engineering for HPC environments, often optimizing codes for extreme-scale performance. Colleagues describe him as a scientist-engineer who bridges rigorous research and production implementation in fusion modeling.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Physics, Mathematics, BA, Physics, Mathematics at Dartmouth CollegePhD, Plasma Physics, PhD, Plasma Physics at Princeton University
Github Skills (1)
fusion9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
nferraro/fusion-io
Dec 2015 - Oct 2022
Libraries providing common interface to data from various fusion codes
Contributions:193 commits, 3 PRs, 128 pushes in 6 years 11 months
fusion
PrincetonUniversity/M3DC1
Sep 2025 - Jun 2026
M3D-C1 is a code for simulating magnetized plasmas using an extended-MHD model.
Contributions:16 pushes in 8 months
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