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Keheng Zhu

Ph.D. Student in Climate & Space Sciences & Engineering

University of Michigan

Computational Plasma Physics · Space Weather Modeling · Scientific Computing


I build first-principles and fluid models of plasmas — from Monte-Carlo simulations of electron–ion collisions to chromosphere–corona coupling in the Space Weather Modeling Framework — to sharpen our physical and predictive understanding of space weather.

Research Interests

  • Space-weather modeling & chromosphere–corona coupling (SWMF)
  • First-principles / Monte-Carlo simulation of plasma collisions
  • Magnetohydrodynamics & computational fluid dynamics
  • Plasma transport, diffusion & particle trajectories

Technical Skills

Languages: C/C++ · Python · Fortran · MATLAB

Methods: TVD-MUSCL · Strang splitting · finite volume · Monte Carlo

APT · SWMF · MPI · Git · Linux · Mathematica · LaTeX

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