Jordan Bopp
Graduate Research Assistant
- Email: [email protected]
- Office: Burlington 1212
About:
Jordan started as a PhD Student in the FPAC lab in Fall 2026. Jordan’s background is an undergraduate B.S. in physics from Carthage College with math and computer science minors. Jordan is pursuing a PhD in fusion plasmas as they represent the intersection between his physics interests and his moral concern for the energy and climate crises. Through his previous experiences with the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium and the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, Jordan is moving toward a career in research and education.
Research Interests:
Jordan’s research experience with the Lyman-Alpha Measurement Apparatus (LLAMA) at DIII-D gave him the necessary context to decide that he wanted to pursue computational plasma transport modeling in tokamaks. He enjoys working with foundational principles (like plasma behavior) through the sandbox of computational research to inform experimental research, in addition to enjoying the satisfaction and understanding that comes from developing successful simulations.
Current Projects:
Jordan’s PhD research is a part of a collaboration, which includes FPAC, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Oak Ridge National Lab, and Commonwealth Fusion Systems. This collaboration aims to identify SPARC operational regimes by characterizing plasma dynamics from the core to the wall. Jordan’s component of this collaboration includes computational modeling of energy-resolved neutral densities in the far-SOL of SPARC.
Outside the Lab:
In Jordan’s free time he does tennis, pickleball, table tennis, disc golf, hiking, and mountain biking, as well as rock climbing and hurling. He also plays with CAD and 3D printing (via his FIRST robotics background), does DSLR photography, reads philosophical/fantasy/adventure, enjoys podcasts, has a blog, and watches over a few aquatic creatures. He would like to do more surfing and stargazing.
