Saskia Mordijck

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Saskia Mordijck joined William & Mary in 2011 and is currently an associate professor in the physics department. She received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium, and a Ph.D. in engineering physics from the University of California, San Diego. Her current research focuses on magnetically confined plasmas; the impact of plasma species, isotope mixing, and atomic processes on turbulence; and the development of predictive models to determine plasma density. She chairs Women+ in Plasma Physics for the American Physical Society and is vice president of the University Fusion Association.


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Taking Control of Fusion Reactor Instabilities

A mechanism for preventing destructive instabilities in magnetically confined plasmas provides a new way for scientists to operate future nuclear-fusion reactors. Read More »