Research profile
 Paul Moroz
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Research Scientist
Software Engineer


Boston, MA, USA
pmoroz@gmail.com
Double-helix spherical stellarator


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Dr. Paul Moroz is a scientist and software engineer with broad interests in areas of plasma physics, materials processing, controlled fusion, wave physics, gas breakdown and electric discharge, fluid dynamics, magnitohydrodynamics, electromagnetic field theory, electrodynamics of charged particles, beam physics and pulsed power.

He developed a number of large-scale computer simulation codes including the codes for RF plasma heating and current drive capable of 3D simulation and imaging of wave excitation by RF antennas, as well as wave penetration, absorption, and mode conversion.

Another area of research includes development of advanced plasma confinement concepts for controlled fusion. Paul proposed a few novel fusion configurations including compact stellarators and hybrids and developed an innovative approach called the Spherical Stellarator, which is a concept combining very low aspect ratio coil designs with a self-induced plasma current (bootstrap current). This concept is capable of overcoming a number of problems typical to traditional approaches in controlled fusion. Helical post stellarators is one of the most compact configurations of this type.

Paul has strong interests in using latest computer advancements and various computer languages and techniques. He has developed software using C, C++, Fortran, Java, Basic and OpenGL. Paul is an experienced X-Windows, Motif, Tcl/Tk and Qt programmer. Some codes use multi-threading techniques and parallelization for multiprocessor environment.

In 1999, Paul took part in a project on optical image analysis of fragments of DNA molecules and their map assembly. He developed two software packages for object selection from images and image processing.

Current interests include research and development in the field of low temperature plasmas and plasma materials processing. Some time is devoted to development of simulation software such as 2D and 3D feature profile codes simulating materials processing at the micron level, taking into account real geometry and various collisional and chemical processes (Monte Carlo simulations), as well as software utilizing 2D and 3D finite element methods.

Paul is a U.S. citizen and a member of the American Physical Society and American Vacuum Society. He submitted over 15 U.S. patents, and is an author or co-author of over 100 publications in refereed scientific journals and conference proceedings.

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