I am DPhil student working with Gianluca Gregori within the Atomic and Laser Physics department at the University of Oxford and Sean Regan at the OMEGA laser facility at the Laboratory of Laser Energetics (LLE) at the University of Rochester. My research area is focused on developing X-ray Scattering techniques to diagnose plasma conditions seen in the Warm Dense Matter (WDM) regime.
I have worked as a principal investigator at the OMEGA facility to explore combining X-ray Thomson Scattering (XRTS) with X-ray diffraction to analyse Silicon at different states in the WDM regime. My principal area of interest is investigating the feasibility of fielding XRTS on cryogenic deuterium-tritium (DT) direct-drive Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) experiments to diagnose the conditions of the compressed shell and hot spot.
Previous work includes employment as a Graduate Scientist at a pulsed-power facility focused on developing new techniques to achieve ICF, operating a two-stage light gas gun and updating and running an X-pinch to provide complimentary X-ray radiography to experiments.