Rishabh Datta is a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Rishabh works on the computational modeling of magnetohydrodynamics and runaway electrons in fusion plasmas. He completed his Ph.D. at MIT in 2024, investigating the effects of radiative heat transfer in magnetic reconnection. His other interests include radiation transport, magnetized plasma shocks, and surrogate modeling. Click here for Rishabh's CV.
Rishabh Datta is a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Rishabh works on the computational modeling of magnetohydrodynamics and runaway electrons in fusion plasmas. He completed his Ph.D. at MIT in 2024, investigating the effects of radiative heat transfer in magnetic reconnection. His other interests include radiation transport, magnetized plasma shocks, and surrogate modeling. Click here for Rishabh's CV.
[8] R. Datta , K. Chandler, C. E. Myers, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, C. Aragon, D. J. Ampleford, J. T. Banasek, A. Edens, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, Q. Looker, S. G. Patel, A. Porwitzky, G. A. Shipley, D. A. Uzdensky, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, J.D. Hare (2024). “Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment.” Physical Review Letters. Editors' Suggestion.
[7] R. Datta , K. Chandler, C. E. Myers, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, C. Aragon, D. J. Ampleford, J. T. Banasek, A. Edens, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, Q. Looker, S. G. Patel, A. Porwitzky, G. A. Shipley, D. A. Uzdensky, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, J.D. Hare (2024). “Radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection experiments driven by pulsed power.” Physics of Plasmas. Invited Paper, Editors’ Pick, and Cover Article.
[6] R. Datta , A. J. Crilly, J. P. Chittenden, S. Chowdhry, K. Chandler, N. Chaturvedi, C. E. Myers, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, D. A. Uzdensky, J. D. Hare (2024). “Simulations of radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection driven by pulsed-power.” Journal of Plasma Physics.
[5] R. Datta , Ahmed F., Hare, J.D. (2023) “Machine learning assisted analysis of visible spectroscopy in pulsed-power-driven plasmas.” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science.
[4] R. Datta , J. Angel, J. B. Greenly, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, E. S. Lavine, W. M. Potter D. Robinson, T. W. O. Varnish, E. Wong, D. A. Hammer, B. R. Kusse, J. D. Hare. "Plasma flows during the ablation stage of an over-massed pulsed-power-driven exploding planar wire array." Physics of Plasmas 30, no. 9 (2023).
[3] R. Datta , D.R. Russell, I. Tang, T. Clayson, L.G. Suttle, J.P. Chittenden, S.V. Lebedev, and J.D. Hare. “The Structure of 3-D Collisional Magnetized Bow Shocks in Pulsed-Power-Driven Plasma Flows.” Journal of Plasma Physics 88, no. 6 (2022): 905880604.
[2] R. Datta , D. R. Russell, I. Tang, T. Clayson, L. G. Suttle, J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, and J. D. Hare. “Time-Resolved Velocity and Ion Sound Speed Measurements from Simultaneous Bow Shock Imaging and Inductive Probe Measurements.” Review of Scientific Instruments 93, no. 10 (2022): 103530.
[1] H. E. Bush, R. Datta , and P. G. Loutzenhiser. "Aluminum-doped strontium ferrites for a two-step solar thermochemical air separation cycle: Thermodynamic characterization and cycle analysis." Solar Energy 188 (2019): 775-786.
[T.2] Datta, R. (2022). "Radiatively Cooled Magnetic Reconnection Experiments Driven by Pulsed Power" (Doctoral dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
[T.1] Datta, R. (2022). "Laboratory Experiments of High-Energy-Density Shocks in Magnetized Supersonic Plasma Flows" (Masters dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).