Publications

Journal papers, conference proceedings and theses that I have authored. Titles link to the published version.

12 first-author papers 73 co-authored papers 20 conference proceedings 2 theses

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First-author papers

12 papers
2026PPCF
Accelerating integrated modeling with surrogate-based optimization: the MAESTRO workflow

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, J. Hall, A. Saltzman, A. Martin-Sanabria, A. Ho, G. Snoep, J. Pimentel-Aldaz, C. Holland, M. Muraca, P. de Lara Montoya, K. Yanna, A. E. White, T. Body, A. J. Creely, J. C. Hillesheim and P. B. Snyder

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 68, 105019 (2026) · DOI · arXiv:2605.07047

2024POP
Core performance predictions in projected SPARC first-campaign plasmas with nonlinear CGYRO

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, A. Saltzman, L. Shoji, T. Body, D. J. Battaglia, J. W. Hughes, J. Candy, G. M. Staebler and A. J. Creely

Phys. Plasmas 31, 062501 (2024) · DOI · arXiv:2403.15633

  • Editor’s Pick at Physics of Plasmas AIP
  • Selected by Physics of Plasmas for the 2024 Early Career Collection (top 10%)
2024NF
Enhancing predictive capabilities in fusion burning plasmas through surrogate-based optimization in core transport solvers

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, A. Saltzman, S. Kantamneni, J. Candy, C. Holland, M. Balandat, S. Ament and A. E. White

Nucl. Fusion 64, 076034 (2024) · DOI · arXiv:2312.12610

2022RMPP
Local transport dynamics of cold pulses in tokamak plasmas

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Angioni and A. E. White

Rev. Mod. Plasma Phys. 6, 10 (2022) · DOI

2022NF
Nonlinear gyrokinetic predictions of SPARC burning plasma profiles enabled by surrogate modeling

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard and J. Candy

Nucl. Fusion 62, 076036 (2022) · DOI

2022NF
Overview of the SPARC physics basis towards the exploration of burning-plasma regimes in high-field, compact tokamaks

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. J. Creely, M. J. Greenwald, D. Brunner, S. B. Ballinger, C. P. Chrobak, D. T. Garnier, R. Granetz, Z. S. Hartwig, N. T. Howard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby, V. A. Izzo, A. Q. Kuang, Y. Lin, E. S. Marmar, R. T. Mumgaard, C. Rea, M. L. Reinke, V. Riccardo, J. E. Rice, S. D. Scott, B. N. Sorbom, J. A. Stillerman, R. Sweeney, R. A. Tinguely, D. G. Whyte, J. C. Wright and D. V. Yuryev

Nucl. Fusion 62, 042003 (2022) · DOI

2020JPP
Predictions of core plasma performance for the SPARC tokamak

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, M. J. Greenwald, A. J. Creely, J. W. Hughes, J. C. Wright, C. Holland, Y. Lin, F. Sciortino and the SPARC Team

J. Plasma Phys. 86, 865860503 (2020) · DOI

2019NF
Perturbative transport modeling of cold-pulse dynamics in Alcator C-Mod Ohmic plasmas

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White, N. T. Howard, B. A. Grierson, X. Yuan, G. M. Staebler, J. E. Rice, C. Angioni, N. M. Cao, A. J. Creely, E. Fable, M. J. Greenwald, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby and F. Sciortino

Nucl. Fusion 59, 066017 (2019) · DOI

2019POP
Predict-first experiments and modeling of perturbative cold pulses in the DIII-D tokamak

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White, N. T. Howard, B. A. Grierson, L. Zeng, X. Yuan, G. M. Staebler, M. E. Austin, T. Odstrcil, T. L. Rhodes, F. Sciortino, J. E. Rice, K. E. Thome, C. Angioni, E. Fable and O. Meneghini

Phys. Plasmas 26, 062503 (2019) · DOI

2018PRL
Explaining Cold-Pulse Dynamics in Tokamak Plasmas Using Local Turbulent Transport Models

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White, N. T. Howard, B. A. Grierson, G. M. Staebler, J. E. Rice, X. Yuan, N. M. Cao, A. J. Creely, M. J. Greenwald, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby and F. Sciortino

Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 075001 (2018) · DOI

2018FST
VITALS: A Surrogate-Based Optimization Framework for the Accelerated Validation of Plasma Transport Codes

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White, A. J. Creely, M. J. Greenwald, N. T. Howard, F. Sciortino and J. C. Wright

Fusion Sci. Technol. 74, 65–76 (2018) · DOI

2017NF
On the correlation between ‘non-local’ effects and intrinsic rotation reversals in Alcator C-Mod

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. E. Rice, N. M. Cao, A. J. Creely, N. T. Howard, A. E. Hubbard, J. H. Irby and A. E. White

Nucl. Fusion 57, 074001 (2017) · DOI

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arXiv
How Fusion-Born Alpha Particles Suppress Microturbulence in Burning Plasmas

A. Di Siena, A. Banon Navarro, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, X. Wang, J. Wright, M. Muraca, A. Polevoi, T. Görler, E. Poli, R. Bilato, S. H. Kim, F. Koechl, M. Greenwald, A. Loarte and F. Jenko

arXiv preprint (2026) · arXiv:2605.10694

202615 papers
JPP
Reduced Modeling of Alpha Particle Transport in ARC Burning Plasmas

P. J. Bonofiglo, N. N. Gorelenkov, M. Podestà, M. Gorelenkova, A. LeViness, J. C. Hillesheim, J. A. Snipes, C. F. Clauser, W. H. Wang and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

accepted in J. Plasma Phys. (2026)

PPCF
Integrated modelling simulations of Ohmic and L-mode JET discharges in H, D and T using JETTO-TGLF

H. G. Dudding, F. J. Casson, D. Dickinson, C. M. Roach, B. S. Patel, T. W. Bache, E. Delabie, C. F. Maggi, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. F. F. Nave, JET Contributors and the EUROfusion Tokamak Exploitation Team

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 68, 075030 (2026) · DOI

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Impact of energetic alpha particles on core turbulence in an ARC-class fusion power plant

J. Hall, N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, R. A. Tinguely, I. Sfiligoi, J. Ruiz-Ruiz, J. C. Hillesheim, A. Creely, E. A. Belli and J. Candy

Nucl. Fusion, published online (2026) · DOI · arXiv:2606.15965

JPP
Overview of the physics basis for the ARC fusion power plant

J. C. Hillesheim, A. J. Creely, T. H. Eich, N. T. Howard, N. Leuthold, R. Sweeney, A. LeViness, A. O. Nelson, L. Nichols, R. A. Tinguely, M. Usoltseva, D. Battaglia, T. A. J. Body, C. Hansen, N. C. Logan, R. T. Mumgaard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, P. B. Snyder, B. N. Sorbom and J. C. Wright

J. Plasma Phys. 92, E69 (2026) · DOI

POP
Benchmarking core turbulence and transport predictions for an inductive compact tokamak reactor plasma

C. Holland, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, E. M. Bass and T. Slendebroek

Phys. Plasmas 33, 013904 (2026) · DOI

JPP
Performance and transport in the ARC tokamak

N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Hall, M. Muraca, A. Saltzman, A. Ho, J. C. Hillesheim, A. J. Creely, T. H. Eich, T. Body, P. B. Snyder and C. Holland

J. Plasma Phys. 92, E67 (2026) · DOI

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Core-edge integrated modeling of ARC: on the effect of impurity transport and detachment conditions

M. Muraca, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, J. Hall, G. Tardini, D. Silvagni, T. A. Body and J. Hillesheim

Nucl. Fusion 67, 016006 (2027) · DOI · arXiv:2606.09359

PPCF
Impurity peaking of SPARC H-modes: a sensitivity study on physics and engineering assumptions

M. Muraca, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Hall, N. T. Howard, D. Fajardo, G. Tardini, C. F. B. Zimmermann and T. Body

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 68, 045045 (2026) · DOI · arXiv:2512.21286

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Overview of the ASDEX Upgrade results

T. Pütterich, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and S. Zoletnik

Nucl. Fusion 66, 116002 (2026) · DOI

NF
Impact of model uncertainty on SPARC operating scenario predictions with empirical modeling

A. Saltzman, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, T. Body, A. Ho and N. T. Howard

Nucl. Fusion 66, 026005 (2026) · DOI · arXiv:2506.09879

PPCF
Optimization of ARC-like tokamak stationary operation via core plasma composition and boundary shaping

A. Saltzman, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. Ho, G. Snoep, J. Han, J. Hall, M. S. Anastopoulos Tzanis, J. Hillesheim, A. J. Creely, P. Snyder and N. T. Howard

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, published online (2026) · DOI · arXiv:2608.10124

POP
Asymptotic mass and charge scaling for trace impurity transport in tokamaks

A. Tema Biwole, J. Candy, E. A. Belli, I. Sfiligoi, N. T. Howard, T. Odstrcil and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

Phys. Plasmas 33, 093904 (2026) · DOI

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Effects of tungsten radiative cooling on impurity, heat and momentum transport in DIII-D plasmas

A. Tema Biwole, T. Odstrčil, X. Litaudon, S. Shi, D. Ernst, C. F. B. Zimmermann, J. Lestz, N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, F. Khabanov, F. Turco, C. Perks, P. Manas, D. Fajardo, S. K. Kim, L. Schmitz, H. Wang, W. Boyes, S. Ding, B. Victor, C. Chrystal, C. Lasnier, T. M. Wilks and G. McKee

Nucl. Fusion 67, 016002 (2027) · DOI · arXiv:2604.06096

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Summary of the 5th IAEA technical meeting on fusion data processing, validation and analysis (FDPVA)

M. Xu, D. Mazon, M. Barbarino, W. Biel, R. M. Churchill, R. Fischer, K. Fujii, P. Jain, A. Murari, S. D. Pinches, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Stillerman, J. Vega, G. Verdoolaege, M. Yokoyama, P. Abreu, S. Ahmed, J. Alhage, F. Almuhisen, M. Bergmann, D. Pereira Botelho, L. Caputo, S. Carli, R. Castro, T. Craciunescu, F. Deeba, F. Esquembre, K. Giil, Y. Gu, J. Hall, J. Hollocombe, X. Huang, A. Jardin, R. Jorge, Y. Li, Y. Liu, S. McIntosh, E. Peluso, R. Rossi, M. Ruiz, J. De Rycke, M. Schneider, M. Sertoli, A. Puig Sitjes, D. Stieglitz, Y. Tan, H. Weisen, H. Wu, I. Wyss and L. Zang

Nucl. Fusion 66, 017002 (2026) · DOI

POP
Investigation of collisionality as a mechanism for confinement saturation in L-mode, I-mode, and H-mode plasmas with strong electron heating at ASDEX Upgrade

C. Yoo, C. Angioni, R. Bielajew, G. D. Conway, R. Fischer, P. A. Molina Cabrera, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, D. Silvagni, G. Tardini, B. Vanovac, M. Weiland, A. E. White, the EUROfusion WPTE Team and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Phys. Plasmas 33, 032508 (2026) · DOI

20258 papers
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Gyrokinetic profile prediction and validation of a negative triangularity plasma in ASDEX Upgrade

R. Bielajew, B. Vanovac, N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, L. Aucone, G. D. Conway, T. Happel, C. Holland, P. Mantica, J. Schellpfeffer, C. Yoo, A. E. White, the EUROfusion WPTE Team and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Nucl. Fusion 65, 086042 (2025) · DOI

POP
Efficient dataset construction using active learning and uncertainty-aware neural networks for plasma turbulent transport surrogate models

A. Ho, L. Zanisi, B. de Leeuw, V. Galvan, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and N. T. Howard

Phys. Plasmas 32, 093903 (2025) · DOI · arXiv:2507.15976

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Prediction of performance and turbulence in ITER burning plasmas via nonlinear gyrokinetic profile prediction

N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Holland and J. Candy

Nucl. Fusion 65, 016002 (2025) · DOI · arXiv:2404.17040

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High confinement regimes on SPARC: operational conditions for access and avoidance

J. W. Hughes, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. Hubbard, D. J. Battaglia, M. A. Miller, A. Cavallaro, N. T. Howard, T. M. Wilks and A. J. Creely

Nucl. Fusion 65, 052001 (2025) · DOI

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Integrated modeling of SPARC H-mode scenarios: exploration of the impact of modeling assumptions on predicted performance

M. Muraca, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, J. Hall, E. Fable and G. Tardini

Nucl. Fusion 65, 096010 (2025) · DOI · arXiv:2502.00187

JFE
Bayesian Methods for Magnetic and Mechanical Optimization of Superconducting Magnets for Fusion

S. Packman, N. Riva and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

J. Fusion Energy 44, 19 (2025) · DOI

POP
Molybdenum density profiles in Alcator C-Mod plasmas

C. J. Perks, J. E. Rice, N. M. Cao, J. W. Hughes, N. T. Howard, E. S. Marmar, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, F. Sciortino, C. Angioni, D. Fajardo and A. Loarte

Phys. Plasmas 32, 122504 (2025) · DOI

PPCF
Characterizing the negative triangularity reactor core operating space with integrated modeling

H. S. Wilson, A. O. Nelson, J. McClenaghan, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Parisi and C. Paz-Soldan

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 67, 015026 (2025) · DOI

20247 papers
POP
Simulating energetic ions and enhanced fusion rates from ion-cyclotron resonance heating with a full-wave/Fokker–Planck model

S. J. Frank, J. C. Wright, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard and P. T. Bonoli

Phys. Plasmas 31, 062503 (2024) · DOI

NF
DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy

C. T. Holcomb, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and C. Zuniga

Nucl. Fusion 64, 112003 (2024) · DOI

POP
Simultaneous reproduction of experimental profiles, fluxes, transport coefficients, and turbulence characteristics via nonlinear gyrokinetic profile predictions in a DIII-D ITER similar shape plasma

N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Holland, T. Odstrcil, B. Grierson, F. Sciortino, G. McKee, Z. Yan, G. Wang, T. L. Rhodes, A. E. White, J. Candy and C. Chrystal

Phys. Plasmas 31, 032501 (2024) · DOI

NF
Overview of T and D–T results in JET with ITER-like wall

C. F. Maggi, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and I. Zychor

Nucl. Fusion 64, 112012 (2024) · DOI

PPCF
MANTA: a negative-triangularity NASEM-compliant fusion pilot plant

The MANTA Collaboration, G. Rutherford, H. S. Wilson, A. Saltzman, D. Arnold, J. L. Ball, S. Benjamin, R. Bielajew, N. de Boucaud, M. Calvo-Carrera, R. Chandra, H. Choudhury, C. Cummings, L. Corsaro, N. DaSilva, R. Diab, A. R. Devitre, S. Ferry, S. J. Frank, C. J. Hansen, J. Jerkins, J. Johnson, P. Lunia, J. van de Lindt, S. Mackie, A. D. Maris, N. R. Mandell, M. A. Miller, T. Mouratidis, A. O. Nelson, M. Pharr, E. E. Peterson, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, S. Segantin, M. Tobin, A. Velberg, A. M. Wang, M. Wigram, J. Witham, C. Paz-Soldan and D. G. Whyte

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 66, 105006 (2024) · DOI

FNE
Fusion plasma turbulence research beyond the burning plasma era: perspectives on transport model validation in fusion and fission

A. E. White, E. Baglietto, M. Bucci, N. T. Howard and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

Front. Nucl. Eng. 3, 1380108 (2024) · DOI

NF
Overview of ASDEX upgrade results in view of ITER and DEMO

H. Zohm, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and S. Zoletnik

Nucl. Fusion 64, 112001 (2024) · DOI

20239 papers
Code
cfs-energy/cfspopcon: v4.0.0

D. J. Battaglia, T. Body, A. J. Creely, C. Hasse, J. Logan, R. T. Mumgaard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. Schneider, B. N. Sorbom, C. Tse, M. Vernacchia and A. O. Nelson

Zenodo (2023) · DOI

NF
Edge radiated temperature fluctuations across confinement regime transitions in favorable and unfavorable drift configurations at ASDEX Upgrade

R. Bielajew, U. Plank, G. D. Conway, A. E. Hubbard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, B. Vanovac, C. Yoo, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Nucl. Fusion 63, 126022 (2023) · DOI

NF
Predictions of improved confinement in SPARC via energetic particle turbulence stabilization

A. Di Siena, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, A. Bañón Navarro, R. Bilato, T. Görler, E. Poli, G. Merlo, J. Wright, M. Greenwald and F. Jenko

Nucl. Fusion 63, 036003 (2023) · DOI

NF
Summary report of the 4th IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Data Processing, Validation and Analysis (FDPVA)

S. M. Gonzalez de Vicente, D. Mazon, M. Xu, S. Pinches, M. Churchill, A. Dinklage, R. Fischer, A. Murari, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Stillerman, J. Vega and G. Verdoolaege

Nucl. Fusion 63, 047001 (2023) · DOI

JPP
Development of compact tokamak fusion reactor use cases to inform future transport studies

C. Holland, E. M. Bass, D. M. Orlov, J. McClenaghan, B. C. Lyons, B. A. Grierson, X. Jian, N. T. Howard and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

J. Plasma Phys. 89, 905890418 (2023) · DOI

PPCF
Validation of IMEP on Alcator C-Mod and JET-ILW ELMy H-mode plasmas

T. Luda, C. Angioni, M. G. Dunne, E. Fable, A. Kallenbach, N. Bonanomi, P. A. Schneider, M. Siccinio, G. Tardini, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. W. Hughes, N. T. Howard, L. Frassinetti, S. Saarelma, the ASDEX Upgrade Team, the EUROfusion MST1 Team, the Alcator C-Mod Team and JET contributors

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 65, 034001 (2023) · DOI

POP
Isotope effects on energy transport in the core of ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak plasmas: Turbulence measurements and model validation

P. A. Molina Cabrera, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, T. Görler, M. Bergmann, K. Höfler, S. S. Denk, R. Bielajew, G. D. Conway, C. Yoo, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Phys. Plasmas 30, 082304 (2023) · DOI

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Isotope effects on intrinsic rotation in hydrogen, deuterium and tritium plasmas

M. F. F. Nave, E. Delabie, J. Ferreira, J. Garcia, D. King, M. Lennholm, B. Lomanowski, F. Parra, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Bernardo, M. Baruzzo, M. Barnes, F. Casson, J. C. Hillesheim, A. Hubber, E. Joffrin, A. Kappatou, C. F. Maggi, A. Mauriya, L. Meneses, M. Romanelli, F. Salzedas and JET Contributors

Nucl. Fusion 63, 044002 (2023) · DOI

POP
Further rotation reversal studies in C-Mod L-mode plasmas

J. E. Rice, N. M. Cao, P. H. Diamond, M. J. Greenwald, A. E. Hubbard, E. S. Marmar, M. L. Reinke and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

Phys. Plasmas 30, 082503 (2023) · DOI

20227 papers
POP
Edge turbulence measurements in L-mode and I-mode at ASDEX Upgrade

R. Bielajew, G. D. Conway, M. Griener, T. Happel, K. Höfler, N. T. Howard, A. E. Hubbard, W. McCarthy, P. A. Molina Cabrera, T. Nishizawa, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, D. Silvagni, B. Vanovac, D. Wendler, C. Yoo, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Phys. Plasmas 29, 052504 (2022) · DOI

NF
DIII-D research advancing the physics basis for optimizing the tokamak approach to fusion energy

M. E. Fenstermacher, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and M. Zuin

Nucl. Fusion 62, 042024 (2022) · DOI

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Radiative pulsed L-mode operation in ARC-class reactors

S. J. Frank, C. J. Perks, A. O. Nelson, T. Qian, S. Jin, A. Cavallaro, A. Rutkowski, A. Reiman, J. P. Freidberg, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and D. Whyte

Nucl. Fusion 62, 126036 (2022) · DOI

NF
Overview of JET results for optimising ITER operation

J. Mailloux, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and I. Zychor

Nucl. Fusion 62, 042026 (2022) · DOI

PPCF
Investigation of core impurity transport in DIII-D diverted negative triangularity plasmas

F. Sciortino, N. T. Howard, T. Odstrčil, M. Austin, I. Bykov, C. Chrystal, S. R. Haskey, J. D. Lore, A. Marinoni, E. S. Marmar, O. Meneghini, C. Paz-Soldan, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, S. P. Smith and K. E. Thome

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 64, 124002 (2022) · DOI

NF
Advances in prediction of tokamak experiments with theory-based models

G. M. Staebler, M. Knolker, P. Snyder, C. Angioni, E. Fable, T. Luda di Cortemiglia, C. Bourdelle, J. Garcia, J. Citrin, M. Marin, H. T. Kim, J. Kinsey, C. Y. Lee, Y. S. Na, J. M. Park, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and M. Wu

Nucl. Fusion 62, 042005 (2022) · DOI

NF
Progress from ASDEX Upgrade experiments in preparing the physics basis of ITER operation and DEMO scenario development

U. Stroth, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and the EUROfusion MST1 Team

Nucl. Fusion 62, 042006 (2022) · DOI

20214 papers
POP
Gyrokinetic simulation of turbulence and transport in the SPARC tokamak

N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Holland, J. E. Rice, M. Greenwald, J. Candy and F. Sciortino

Phys. Plasmas 28, 072502 (2021) · DOI

NF
The role of ion and electron-scale turbulence in setting heat and particle transport in the DIII-D ITER baseline scenario

N. T. Howard, C. Holland, T. L. Rhodes, J. Candy, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, M. Greenwald, A. E. White and F. Sciortino

Nucl. Fusion 61, 106002 (2021) · DOI

NF
Dimensionless parameter scaling of intrinsic torque in C-Mod enhanced confinement plasmas

J. E. Rice, N. M. Cao, T. Tala, C. Chrystal, M. J. Greenwald, J. W. Hughes, E. S. Marmar, M. L. Reinke, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and A. Salmi

Nucl. Fusion 61, 026013 (2021) · DOI

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Experimental inference of neutral and impurity transport in Alcator C-Mod using high-resolution x-ray and ultra-violet spectra

F. Sciortino, N. T. Howard, R. Reksoatmodjo, A. R. Foster, J. W. Hughes, E. S. Marmar, M. A. Miller, S. Mordijck, T. Odstrčil, T. Pütterich, M. L. Reinke, J. E. Rice and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

Nucl. Fusion 61, 126060 (2021) · DOI

20207 papers
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Evidence and modeling of turbulence bifurcation in L-mode confinement transitions on Alcator C-Mod

N. M. Cao, J. E. Rice, P. H. Diamond, A. E. White, M. A. Chilenski, P. C. Ennever, J. W. Hughes, J. Irby, M. L. Reinke, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and the Alcator C-Mod Team

Phys. Plasmas 27, 052303 (2020) · DOI

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Design study of a combined interferometer and polarimeter for a high-field, compact tokamak

A. J. Creely, L. M. Milanese, E. A. Tolman, J. H. Irby, S. B. Ballinger, S. Frank, A. Q. Kuang, B. L. Linehan, W. McCarthy, K. J. Montes, T. Mouratidis, J. F. Picard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. M. Rosenthal, A. J. Sandberg, F. Sciortino, R. A. Simpson, R. A. Tinguely, M. Zhou and A. E. White

Phys. Plasmas 27, 042516 (2020) · DOI

JPP
Overview of the SPARC tokamak

A. J. Creely, M. J. Greenwald, S. B. Ballinger, D. Brunner, J. Canik, J. Doody, T. Fülöp, D. T. Garnier, R. Granetz, T. K. Gray, C. Holland, N. T. Howard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby, V. A. Izzo, G. J. Kramer, A. Q. Kuang, B. LaBombard, Y. Lin, B. Lipschultz, N. C. Logan, J. D. Lore, E. S. Marmar, K. Montes, R. T. Mumgaard, C. Paz-Soldan, C. Rea, M. L. Reinke, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, K. Särkimäki, F. Sciortino, S. D. Scott, A. Snicker, P. B. Snyder, B. N. Sorbom, R. Sweeney, R. A. Tinguely, E. A. Tolman, M. Umansky, O. Vallhagen, J. Varje, D. G. Whyte, J. C. Wright, S. J. Wukitch, J. Zhu and the SPARC Team

J. Plasma Phys. 86, 865860502 (2020) · DOI

JPP
Effect of plasma elongation on current dynamics during tokamak disruptions

T. Fülöp, P. Helander, O. Vallhagen, O. Embréus, L. Hesslow, P. Svensson, A. J. Creely, N. T. Howard and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

J. Plasma Phys. 86, 474860101 (2020) · DOI

JPP
Projections of H-mode access and edge pedestal in the SPARC tokamak

J. W. Hughes, N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. J. Creely, A. Q. Kuang, P. B. Snyder, T. M. Wilks, R. Sweeney and M. Greenwald

J. Plasma Phys. 86, 865860504 (2020) · DOI

NF
Inference of experimental radial impurity transport on Alcator C-Mod: Bayesian parameter estimation and model selection

F. Sciortino, N. T. Howard, E. S. Marmar, T. Odstrcil, N. M. Cao, R. Dux, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby, Y. M. Marzouk, L. M. Milanese, M. L. Reinke, J. E. Rice and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

Nucl. Fusion 60, 126014 (2020) · DOI

JPP
Fast-ion physics in SPARC

S. D. Scott, G. J. Kramer, E. A. Tolman, A. Snicker, J. Varje, K. Särkimäki, J. C. Wright and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

J. Plasma Phys. 86, 865860508 (2020) · DOI

20195 papers
NF
The local nature of the plasma response to cold pulses with electron and ion heating at ASDEX Upgrade

C. Angioni, E. Fable, F. Ryter, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, T. Pütterich and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Nucl. Fusion 59, 106007 (2019) · DOI

NF
Hysteresis as a probe of turbulent bifurcation in intrinsic rotation reversals on Alcator C-Mod

N. M. Cao, J. E. Rice, P. H. Diamond, A. E. White, S. G. Baek, M. A. Chilenski, J. W. Hughes, J. Irby, M. L. Reinke, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and the Alcator C-Mod Team

Nucl. Fusion 59, 104001 (2019) · DOI

PPCF
Criteria for the importance of multi-scale interactions in turbulent transport simulations

A. J. Creely, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, G. D. Conway, S. J. Freethy, N. T. Howard, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 61, 085022 (2019) · DOI

JTM
High-Fidelity Shape Optimization of Non-Conventional Turbomachinery by Surrogate Evolutionary Strategies

G. Persico, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and A. Romei

J. Turbomach. 141, 081010 (2019) · DOI

FED
Neutron diagnostics for the physics of a high-field, compact, Q ≥ 1 tokamak

R. A. Tinguely, A. Rosenthal, R. Simpson, S. B. Ballinger, A. J. Creely, S. Frank, A. Q. Kuang, B. L. Linehan, W. McCarthy, L. M. Milanese, K. J. Montes, T. Mouratidis, J. F. Picard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. J. Sandberg, F. Sciortino, E. A. Tolman, M. Zhou, B. N. Sorbom, Z. S. Hartwig and A. E. White

Fusion Eng. Des. 143, 212–225 (2019) · DOI

20182 papers
PPCF
Multi-scale gyrokinetic simulations of an Alcator C-Mod, ELM-y H-mode plasma

N. T. Howard, C. Holland, A. E. White, M. Greenwald, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Candy and A. J. Creely

Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 60, 014034 (2018) · DOI

JPB
X-ray Observations of Kβ Emission from Medium Z He-like Ions in C-Mod Tokamak Plasmas

J. E. Rice, F. B. Rosmej, N. Cao, M. Chilenski, N. T. Howard, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby, Y. Lin, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, S. M. Wolfe, S. J. Wukitch, M. Bitter, L. Delgado-Aparicio, K. Hill and M. L. Reinke

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 51, 035702 (2018) · DOI

20172 papers
POP
Validation of nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations of L- and I-mode plasmas on Alcator C-Mod

A. J. Creely, N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. Cao, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, J. E. Rice, A. E. White, J. Candy, G. M. Staebler, G. D. Conway, S. J. Freethy and C. Sung

Phys. Plasmas 24, 056104 (2017) · DOI

NF
Impurity screening behavior of the high-field side scrape-off layer in near-double-null configurations: prospect for mitigating plasma–material interactions on RF actuators and first-wall components

B. LaBombard, A. Q. Kuang, D. Brunner, I. Faust, R. Mumgaard, M. L. Reinke, J. L. Terry, N. T. Howard, J. W. Hughes, M. Chilenski, Y. Lin, E. Marmar, J. E. Rice, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, G. Wallace, D. G. Whyte, S. Wolfe and S. Wukitch

Nucl. Fusion 57, 076021 (2017) · DOI

As member of device teams

8 papers

Papers signed by the whole team of a device or programme, where I am one of several hundred authors.

2026SRep
A procedure for rule extraction from a Self-Organising plasma disruption predictor for JET

S. Setzu, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and I. Zychor (1892 authors)

Sci. Rep. 16, 16931 (2026) · DOI

2025NPhys
Effect of energetic ions on edge-localized modes in tokamak plasmas

J. Dominguez-Palacios, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and M. Zuin (776 authors)

Nat. Phys. 21, 43–51 (2025) · DOI

2025NComm
Milestone in predicting core plasma turbulence: successful multi-channel validation of the gyrokinetic code GENE

K. Höfler, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and S. Zoletnik (447 authors)

Nat. Commun. 16, 2558 (2025) · DOI

2025SRep
Nonlinear excitation of energetic particle driven geodesic acoustic mode by resonance overlap with Alfvén instability in ASDEX Upgrade

H. Wang, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and S. Zoletnik (440 authors)

Sci. Rep. 15, 1130 (2025) · DOI

2024NComm
A control oriented strategy of disruption prediction to avoid the configuration collapse of tokamak reactors

A. Murari, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and M. Gelfusa (1229 authors)

Nat. Commun. 15, 2424 (2024) · DOI

2024NPhys
Observation of magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas during the suppression of edge-localized modes

M. Willensdorfer, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and S. Zoletnik (437 authors)

Nat. Phys. 20, 1980–1988 (2024) · DOI

2022NPhys
Enhanced performance in fusion plasmas through turbulence suppression by megaelectronvolt ions

S. Mazzi, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and I. Zychor (1218 authors)

Nat. Phys. 18, 776–782 (2022) · DOI

2022NPhys
Disruption prediction with artificial intelligence techniques in tokamak plasmas

J. Vega, …, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, … and I. Zychor (1229 authors)

Nat. Phys. 18, 741–750 (2022) · DOI

Conference proceedings

20 papers
2024Proc.
Overview of recent turbulence studies across multiple confinement modes at the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak using the Correlation Electron Cyclotron Emission diagnostic

C. Yoo, R. Bielajew, B. Vanovac, J. Schellpfeffer, W. Burke, G. Conway, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White, the EUROfusion WPTE Team and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

EPJ Web Conf. 313, 03001 (2024) · DOI

2023Proc.
Access to Edge Transport Barriers in the SPARC Tokamak

J. W. Hughes, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. Hubbard, T. M. Wilks, N. T. Howard, D. J. Battaglia and A. J. Creely

Proceedings of the 49th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, P2.078 (2023)

2023Proc.
Exploring the Negative-Triangularity Pathway to Fusion with MANTA

A. O. Nelson, D. Arnold, W. Boyes, R. Chandra, H. Choudhury, N. DaSilva, C. Hansen, Y. Liu, P. Lunia, C. Paz-Soldan, M. Pharr, M. Tobin, H. S. Wilson, J. L. Ball, R. Bielajew, S. Benjamin, M. Calvo-Carrera, C. Chang, L. Corsaro, C. Cummings, A. Devitre, R. Diab, S. Ferry, S. Frank, J. Jerkins, J. Johnson, S. Mackie, N. Mandell, A. Maris, M. A. Miller, T. Mouratidis, D. Murphy, E. Peterson, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, G. Rutherford, A. Saltzman, S. Segantin, J. van de Lindt, A. Velberg, A. Wang, M. Wigram, J. Witham and D. Whyte

Proceedings of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, IAEA-CN-316/2283 (2023)

2023Proc.
Core Transport Modeling and Characterization for Compact Tokamak Reactor Scenarios

C. Holland, E. M. Bass, D. Orlov, J. McClenaghan, B. C. Lyons, X. Jian, B. A. Grierson, N. T. Howard and P. Rodriguez-Fernandez

Proceedings of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, IAEA-CN-316/TH P2-20 (2023)

2023Proc.
The isotope effect on core heat transport in JET-ILW ohmic plasmas in hydrogen, deuterium and tritium

E. Delabie, B. Lomanowski, T. M. Biewer, M. F. F. Nave, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, M. Baruzzo, J. Garcia, J. C. Hillesheim, D. King, M. Lennholm, D. Kos, C. F. Maggi, H. J. Sun and JET Contributors

Proceedings of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (2023)

2023Proc.
Access to Edge Transport Barriers and Projections of Pedestal Performance in the SPARC Tokamak

J. W. Hughes, A. E. Hubbard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, T. M. Wilks, N. T. Howard, D. J. Battaglia and A. J. Creely

Proceedings of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, IAEA-CN-316/2107 (2023)

2023Proc.
Electron temperature fluctuation measurements with Correlation Electron Cyclotron Emission in L-mode and I-mode plasmas at ASDEX Upgrade

R. Bielajew, G. D. Conway, T. Happel, K. Höfler, P. A. M. Cabrera, U. Plank, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, D. Silvagni, B. Vanovac, C. Yoo, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

EPJ Web Conf. 277, 03002 (2023) · DOI

2023Proc.
Performance and transport in ITER: Multi-channel validation in DIII-D ITER-like conditions and predictions of ITER burning plasmas via nonlinear gyrokinetic profile prediction

N. T. Howard, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Holland, T. Odstrcil, B. Grierson, F. Sciortino, G. McKee, Z. Yan, T. L. Rhodes, G. Wang, A. E. White, J. Candy and C. Chrystal

Proceedings of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (2023)

2023Proc.
Core performance predictions with nonlinear gyrokinetics and implications to scope burning-plasma tokamaks

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, N. T. Howard, A. Saltzman, S. Kantamneni, A. E. White, E. Delabie, B. Lomanowski, T. M. Biewer, J. Candy, C. Holland, M. F. F. Nave, J. Garcia, M. Lennholm and JET Contributors

Proceedings of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, IAEA-CN-316/TH P2-19 (2023)

2023Proc.
Database study of turbulent electron temperature fluctuation measurements at ASDEX Upgrade

C. Yoo, R. Bielajew, G. D. Conway, P. A. Molina Cabrera, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, B. Vanovac, A. E. White, the EUROfusion MST1 Team and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

EPJ Web Conf. 277, 03001 (2023) · DOI

2022Proc.
Isotope Effects on Intrinsic Toroidal Rotation and Rotation Reversals

M. F. F. Nave, E. Delabie, J. Ferreira, J. Garcia, D. King, M. Lennholm, B. Lomanowski, F. Parra, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, J. Bernardo, M. Baruzzo, M. Barnes, F. Casson, J. C. Hillesheim, A. Hubber, E. Joffrin, A. Kappatou, C. F. Maggi, A. Mauriya, L. Meneses, M. Romanelli, F. Salzedas and JET Contributors

Proceedings of the 48th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, O4.116 (2022)

2021Proc.
Changes in core electron temperature fluctuations and transport with isotopic mass in L-mode plasmas at ASDEX-Upgrade

P. Molina Cabrera, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, T. Görler, M. Bergmann, R. Bielajew, G. D. Conway, K. Höfler, C. Yoo, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade team

Proceedings of the 47th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, P5.1075 (2021)

2021Proc.
Advances in prediction of tokamak experiments with theory-based models

G. M. Staebler, M. Knolker, P. Snyder, C. Angioni, E. Fable, T. Luda, C. Bourdelle, J. Garcia, J. Citrin, M. Marin, H. T. Kim, J. Kinsey, Y. H. Lee, Yong-Su Na, J. M. Park, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and M. Wu

Proceedings of the 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, OV/2-5 (2021)

2021Proc.
Overview of the SPARC physics basis towards the exploration of burning-plasma regimes in high-field, compact tokamaks

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, S. B. Ballinger, D. T. Garnier, R. Granetz, M. J. Greenwald, Z. S. Hartwig, N. T. Howard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby, A. Q. Kuang, Y. Lin, E. S. Marmar, C. Rea, J. E. Rice, J. A. Stillerman, R. Sweeney, R. A. Tinguely, D. G. Whyte, J. C. Wright, A. J. Creely, D. Brunner, C. P. Chrobak, R. T. Mumgaard, M. L. Reinke, V. Riccardo, S. D. Scott, B. N. Sorbom, D. V. Yuryev and V. A. Izzo

Proceedings of the 28th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, IAEA-CN-286 OV/P-4 (2021)

2019Proc.
Measurements of the density-temperature cross-phase angle of turbulent fluctuations at ASDEX-Upgrade and comparison to theory

S. J. Freethy, C. Lechte, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, E. Fable, T. Goerler, G. D. Conway, A. J. Creely, T. Happel, P. Hennequin, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade team

Proceedings of the 14th International Reflectometry Workshop (IRW14), O.305 (2019)

2019Proc.
Transport studies at ASDEX Upgrade: Cold pulses local or non-local? NBI particle source important or not? Pellet fuelling in or out?

C. Angioni, E. Fable, P. T. Lang, P. Manas, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, F. Ryter, G. Tardini and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Proceedings of the 46th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, P2.1083 (2019)

2018Proc.
Turbulent impurity transport in DIII-D plasmas with on-axis electron heating

T. Odstrcil, N. T. Howard, F. Sciortino, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, K. E. Thome and E. Hollmann

Proceedings of the 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, P4.1095 (2018)

2018Proc.
Multi-Machine, Multi-Discharge Validation of TGLF on Alcator C-Mod and ASDEX Upgrade

A. J. Creely, G. D. Conway, S. J. Freethy, T. Görler, P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White and the ASDEX Upgrade Team

Proceedings of the 45th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, P1.1083 (2018)

2018Proc.
Explaining Cold-Pulse Dynamics in Tokamak Plasmas Using Local Turbulent Transport Models

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez, A. E. White, N. T. Howard, B. A. Grierson, G. M. Staebler, J. E. Rice, X. Yuan, N. M. Cao, A. J. Creely, M. J. Greenwald, A. E. Hubbard, J. W. Hughes, J. H. Irby and F. Sciortino

Proceedings of the 27th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, IAEA-CN-258 EX/10-3 (2018)

2015Proc.
Automatic design of ORC turbine profiles using evolutionary algorithms

P. Rodriguez-Fernandez and G. Persico

Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on ORC Power Systems (ASME ORC 2015) (2015)

Theses

2
2019Ph.D.
Perturbative transport experiments and time-dependent modeling in Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D

Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019)

  • Del Favero Doctoral Thesis Prize for most innovative thesis in the field, MIT News
2015M.Sc.
Development of shape-optimization tools for the aerodynamic design of turbomachinery blades

M.Sc. Thesis (Proyecto Fin de Carrera), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2015)

  • UPM Cátedra Repsol Award for the best Master’s thesis project, ETSII UPM News