Richard Sydora, PhD

Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
Email
rsydora@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-3624
Address
3-122 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

About

BSc Applied Mathematics (Honours), University of Alberta (1979)
MSc Space Physics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (1981)
PhD Physics, University of Texas, Austin (1985)

 


Research

Energy conversion and nonlinear processes in plasmas
Physics of reconnecting magnetic fields
Particle acceleration in plasmas: lasers, nonlinear plasma waves
Turbulence and transport in plasmas
Kinetic plasma simulation: particle and Vlasov methods