I am a computational plasma physicist at West Virginia University, where I am currently a visiting researcher and will join the faculty as an assistant professor in January 2027. My group works at the intersection of applied mathematics, high-performance computing, and plasma physics. We ask where our ability to simulate plasmas falls short, and build the numerical methods and software, including the open-source Gkeyll framework, that make new regimes accessible to modeling. We use these tools to understand how the smallest scales of a plasma, where individual particle motions give rise to collective behavior, shape the large-scale evolution of systems as different as the Sun, accretion disks around black holes, and the interior of fusion reactors, and we develop theories and predictions for these systems together with observers and experimentalists. We also bring formal verification from theoretical computer science to machine learning, building provably correct neural networks and certifiably correct code, so that artificial intelligence can accelerate plasma physics in ways we can trust.
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Prospective students
I am recruiting graduate students. If you are interested in joining the group, email me at james.juno@mail.wvu.edu. Opportunities for undergraduates are coming soon.
Contact
Email: james.juno@mail.wvu.edu · CV (PDF)