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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2020 - Present)
- Ph.D. in Applied Plasma Physics, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Advisors: Drs. Cristina Rea, Robert Granetz, and Earl Marmar
Carleton College, Northfield, MN (2015 - 2019)
- B.A. in Physics (Distinction), minor in Public Policy

Professional experience

Ph.D. Candidate/Research Assistant, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (2020 - Present)
- Identified novel stability boundary for the L-mode density limit using data-driven methods that achieves greater prediction accuracy than the Greenwald limit
- Constructed a density limit database with 150+ events from AUG, C-Mod, DIII-D, and TCV
- Demonstrated real-time density limit avoidance on DIII-D utilizing stability boundary
- Advised by Cristina Rea, Robert Granetz, and Earl Marmar
National Ignition Facility (NIF) Summer Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Summer 2019 & 2020)
- Developed machine learning models to predict neutron yield of inertial confinement fusion experiments at the NIF and provide an insight into yield degradation mechanisms
- Supervisor: Dr. Shahab Khan

Publications and preprints

Chaos in the quantum Duffing oscillator in the semiclassical regime under parametrized dissipation

Maris, Andrew D., Bibek Pokharel, Sharan Ganjam Seshachallam, Moses ZR Misplon, and Arjendu K. Pattanayak. "Chaos in the quantum Duffing oscillator in the semiclassical regime under parametrized dissipation." Physical Review E 104, no. 2 (2021).

Investigating Boosted Decision Trees as a Guide for Inertial Confinement Fusion Design

Maris, Andrew D., Shahab F. Khan, Michael M. Pokornik, J. Luc Peterson, Kelli D. Humbird, and Steven W. Haan. "Investigating boosted decision trees as a guide for inertial confinement fusion design." Physics of Plasmas 30, no. 4 (2023): 042713.

The impact of disruptions on the economics of a tokamak power plant

Maris, Andrew D., Allen Wang, Cristina Rea, Robert Granetz, and Earl Marmar. "The impact of disruptions on the economics of a tokamak power plant." Fusion Science and Technology (2023).

Correlation of the L-mode density limit with edge collisionality

Maris, Andrew D., Cristina Rea, Alessandro Pau, Wenhui Hu, Bingjia Xiao, Robert Granetz, and Earl Marmar. "Correlation of the L-mode density limit with edge collisionality." Submitted, Nuclear Fusion (2024).