M. V. Gorelenkova

Area of expertise: Atomic Physics Plasma Physics Numerical Methods Parallel programming developing and supporting time dependent transport analysis code for tokamak experiments (TRANSP) scientific computing, software engineering, plasma physics modeling Scientific interests and Professional Developments: 2008-present, Support, development and troubleshooting of the time dependent tokamak transport and data analysis code (TRANSP). This includes implementation, verification and validation of Monte Carlo operator representing resonant interactions between RF waves and fast ions, implementation of a reduced kick model to improved energetic particles transpot due to presence of Alfvenic modes in the fusion plasma, fast ion species modeling (3d halo source due to beam deposition, RF heating operator ) using Monte-Carlo computational algorithm in NUBEAM code with the Message Passing Interface Standard (MPI) computing and Python scripting language. • 1996-2005, Simulation of the existence of Alfven eigenmodes and their instabilities due to the presence of fast particles in NSTX using plasma equilibrium code q-solver and MHD/kinetic stability NOVA-K codes. Localized magnetosonic Alfven eigenmodes spectrum studies in spherical torus in the presence of magnetic field well. Theoretical investigation of the stability criteria for neoclassical tearing modes in fusion plasmas in application for Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor. Properties of individual charged particle behavior and plasma macro-parameters during the adiabatic major radius compression in a tokamak solving the gyro-averaged drift kinetic equation. • 1991-1996, Numerical modeling of non-empirical intermediate-coupling wave functions for heavy noble atoms.