Biography
Bill Dorland graduated with a B.S. in physics (special and highest honors) from the University of Texas in 1988, and received his Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 1993. He also earned a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University in 1993, after completing a course of study focused on international science policy. He won the 2009 E. O. Lawrence Medal of the Department of Energy for his work on the theory and simulations of turbulence in nuclear fusion reactors. He is a UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and served as Director of the Honors College for seven years. He works in plasma theory and computational physics.
Research
Research:
- Astrophysical Turbulence
- Computational Physics
- Simulations of Collisionless Plasma Turbulence
Notable Publications:
- G.G.Howes, W. Dorland, S. C. Cowley, G. W. Hammett, E. Quataert, A. A. Schekochihin, T. Tatsuno, "Kinetic simulations of magnetized turbulence in astrophysical plasmas",Phys. Rev. Letters 100, 065004 (2008).
- I. G. Abel, M. Barnes, S. C. Cowley, W. Dorland and A. A. Schekochihin, "Linearized model Fokker-Planck collision operators for gyrokinetic simulations. I. Theory", Phys. Plasmas, 15, 122509, (2008).
- M. Barnes, I. G. Abel, W. Dorland, D. R. Ernst, G. W. Hammett, P. Ricci, B. N. Rogers, A. A. Schekochihin, T. Tatsuno, "Linearized model Fokker-Planck collision operators for gyrokinetic simulations. II. Numerical Implementation and Tests", Phys. Plasmas, 16, 072107, (2009).
- A. A. Schekochihin, S. C. Cowley, W. Dorland, G. W. Hammett, G. G. Howes, E. Quataert, T. Tatsuno, "Astrophysical gyrokinetics: Kinetic and fluid turbulent cascades in magnetized weakly collisional plasmas", Ap. J. Supp., 182, 310, (2009).
- W. Dorland, F. Jenko, M. Kotschenreuther, B. N. Rogers, "Electron Temperature Gradient Turbulence", Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, 5579, (4 pages) (2000).
Centers & Institutes: Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics