About Me

Matthew Pharr is a Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Physics at Columbia University. Their interests include 3D Magnetohydrodynamics in Tokamaks, Error Fields, Fusion Reactor Design, Magneto-Rotational Instability, and Accretion Disk Plasmas. They are a member of the Paz-Soldan group at CU Applied Physics/Applied Mathematics.

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Interests
  • 3D MHD in Tokamaks
  • Nonlinear MHD
  • Error Field Correction
  • Fusion Reaction Design
Education

  • Ph.D. Applied Physics

    Columbia University

  • M.S. Applied Physics

    Columbia University

  • B.S. Physics / Mathematics

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Recent Publications
Matthew Pharr, Nikolas Logan, Carlos Paz-Soldan, Jong-Kyu Park, Chistopher Hansen (2024). Error Field Predictability and Consequences for ITER. arXiv.
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Christopher J. Hansen, Ian G. Stewart, Daniel Burgess, Matthew Pharr, Sophia Guizzo, Francois Logak, Andrew Oak Nelson, Carlos Paz-Soldan (2024). TokaMaker: An Open-Source Time-Dependent Grad-Shafranov Tool for the Design and Modeling of Axisymmetric Fusion Devices. Computer Physics Communications.
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Grant Rutherford, Haley S Wilson, Audrey Saltzman, David Arnold, John Leland Ball, Stuart Royce Sands Benjamin, Rachel Bielajew, Nikolai De Boucaud, Miguel Calvo Carrera, Rian Chandra, Hari Choudhury, Calvin Cummings, Leonardo Corsaro, Nigel DaSilva, Raymond Diab, Alexis Rustam Devitre, Sara Ferry, Samuel Frank, Christopher J Hansen, Joseph Jerkins, Jamal D Johnson, Priyansh Lunia, Jacob Van De Lindt, Shon Mackie, Andrew David Maris, Noah R Mandell, Marco Andres Miller, Theodore Mouratidis, Andrew Oakleigh Nelson, Matthew Pharr, Ethan Peterson, Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez, Stefano Segatin, Matthew Tobin, Alexander Velberg, Allen Wang, Michael Wigram, Julia Witham, Carlos Paz-Soldan, Dennis G Whyte (2024). MANTA: A Negative-Triangularity NASEM-compliant Fusion Pilot Plant. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion.
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Fatima Ebrahimi, Matthew Pharr (2022). A Nonlocal Magneto-curvature Instability in a Differentially Rotating Disk. The Astrophysical Journal.
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