David Dickinson
Senior Lecturer

Profile

Biography

MPhys, PhD (York)

Career

2016 - present : Lecturer, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York
2014 - 2016 : EUROfusion Researcher Fellowship, University of York
2012 - 2014 : Culham Fusion Research Fellowship, CCFE

Departmental roles

• Member of the School MSc exam panel (exam vetting and monitoring) 
• CDT Deputy Programme Director & Senior Admissions Tutor

Research

Overview

My main area of research is computational and theoretical plasma physics, with a focus on instabilities and related turbulence in magnetically confined plasmas of particular relevance to fusion energy applications.

Projects

• Electromagnetic gyrokinetic simulations
• Gyrofluid modelling in BOUT++

Research group(s)

• Plasma Physics and Fusion

Supervision

• Mr Stephen Biggs
• Bob Davies
• Harry Dudding
• Charlie Nicholls
• Mr Bhavin Patel
• Leo Richardson

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Stage 4: Advanced Plasma Physics: Plasma Physics for Fusion
• Final year projects (BSc year 3 & MPhys year 4)

Postgraduate

• Introduction to Linux and programming (MSc in Fusion Energy)
• Computational Techniques (MSc in Fusion Energy)
• Computational Laboratory (MSc in Fusion Energy)
• MSc research projects