About

I study kinetic plasma processes in space and astrophysical plasmas, focusing on magnetic reconnection, turbulence, plasma instabilities, and anisotropy-driven dynamics. My work combines analytical theory with large-scale numerical simulations, and is conducted in part within the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources.

Research themes:

• Collisionless reconnection and current-sheet stability
• Plasmoid instability in relativistic and non-relativistic regimes
• Turbulence-driven reconnection and plasma heating
• Kinetic instabilities and pressure anisotropy
• Reduced plasma descriptions and multi-scale dynamics

Methods:

• Linear theory and reduced kinetic models
• Spectral codes: Gyrofluid, gyrokinetic, and hybrid-Vlasov (non relativistic)
• Particle-in-cell simulations (relativistic)

Selected updates

• May 2024. Recorded talk at the French Society of Physics Conference.
• May 2024. Workshop: Magnetic reconnection and turbulence in space and fusion plasmas.
• July 2023. Recorded talk at the JPP Frontiers of Plasma Physics Colloquium.

Last updated: April 2026