Ping Zhu University of Science and Technology of China Department of Engineering and Applied Physics 96 Jinzhai Road Hefei, Anhui 230026, China Phone: +86-0551-63600321 Fax: +86-0551-63600321 Email: pzhu@ustc.edu.cn URL: plasma.ustc.edu.cn Education 2001 Ph.D. Physics, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA Dissertation: Predictive Modelling and Simulations of Internal Transport Barriers in Tokamaks Advisor: Wendell Horton 1996 M.S. Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Thesis: The Effect of Sheared Plasma Flow on Drift Instability in a Tandem Mirror Advisor: Shih-Tung Tsai 1992 B.S. Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Advisor: Quankang Lu Primary Appointments 2013 present Professor, University of Science and Technology of China 2012 2012 Visiting Associate Professor, National Institute for Fusion Science (Japan) 2011 2013 Associate Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2007 2011 Assistant Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2005 2007 Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2003 2005 Research Scientist II, University of New Hampshire 2001 2003 Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Iowa 1999 2000 Visiting Research Scientist, Lehigh University Research Interests Theoretical and computational plasma physics Magnetic fusion plasma physics Tokamak edge and boundary; Internal and edge transport barriers; Disruption and MHD activity control Space plasma physics Trigger mechanism for substorm onset; Stability of planetary magnetosphere; Ionosphere and magnetotail mapping Basic plasma physics Rayleigh-Taylor instability; Ballooning-interchange instability; Tearing instability and magnetic reconnection Other natural and laboratory plasmas Astrophysical plasma; high energy density laser plasma; Dusty plasma
Ping Zhu: Curriculum Vitae 2019 2 Teaching Experience 2014 present University of Science and Technology of China Courses taught: - Thermal Physics (Undergraduate class) - Numerical Computation for Fusion Plasma Physics (Graduate class) Thesis advised and co-advised: - 5 undergraduate students - 18 graduate students Postdocs advised - Debabrata Banerjee - Ahmad Ali - Modhuchandra Laishram Professional Service Journal Referee Physics of Plasmas Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Nuclear Fusion Journal of Computational Physics 2002 present 2006 present 2014 present 2015 present 2016 present Proposal Reviewer and Panelist U.S. National Science Foundation U.S. Department of Energy Ministry of Science and Technology of China National Natural Science Foundation of China Ministry of Education of China 2005 present 2011 present 2014 present 2014 present 2016 present Other Services Task force leader, MHD Stability Analyses and Assessment of CFETR, 2018 present Member, International Tokamak Physics Activity (ITPA) - Topical Group on MHD, Disruptions and Control, 2014 present Convener and Chair, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Session on Plasma Sheet Processes and Magnetotail Origins of Auroral Morphology, 2014 2016 Member, Marshall N. Rosenbluth Award Selection Committee, American Physical Society, 2018 present Member, Conference on Magnetic Fusion Theory and Simulation of China Program Committee, 2018 present
Ping Zhu: Curriculum Vitae 2019 3 Honors and Awards Scholar of the 100 Talent Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Plasma Physics, 2013. 13th USTC Kun-Xue-Shou-Wang Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018. Publications Impact of Refereed Journal Articles (Based on Google Scholar) Total articles: 48 First- and corresponding-author articles: 32 Total citations: 866 H-index: 16 Refereed Journal Articles (First and Corresponding author) [Af32] S.-K. Cheng, P. Zhu, D. Banerjee, and X.-T. Yan, Dominant two-fluid MHD instabilities in CFETR upgrade phase-i scenario in presence of perfect conducting wall, to appear in Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion (2019). [Af31] Y.-W. Hou, M.-Y. Yu, P. Zhu, Z.-W. Ma, and M.-X. Chen, A particle-conserved weightedaverage oscillator model for trapped particles in long-time nonlinear Landau damping, Phys. Plasmas 25, 114501 (2018). [Af30] M. Laishram and P. Zhu, Structural transition of vortices to nonlinear regimes in a dusty plasma, Phys. Plasmas 25, 103701 (2018). [Af29] S.-C. Yang, P. Zhu, J.-L. Xie, and W.-D. Liu, Two-fluid MHD regime of resistive drift-wave instability, Phys. Plasmas 25, 092113 (2018). [Af28] Y.-W. Hou, P. Zhu, C. C. Kim, Z.-Q. Hu, Z.-H. Zou, Z.-X. Wang, and the NIMROD Team, NIMROD calculations of energetic particle driven toroidal Alfven eigenmodes, Phys. Plasmas 25, 012501 (2018). [Af27] B. Luo, P. Zhu, H. Li, W.-D. Liu, and KTX Team, Resistive MHD modelling of quasi-single helicity state in the KTX regimes, Nucl. Fusion 58, 016049 (2018). [Af26] S.-K. Cheng, P. Zhu, and D. Banerjee, Enhanced toroidal flow stabilization of edge localized modes with increased plasma density, Phys. Plasmas 24, 092510 (2017). [Af25] X.-T. Yan, P. Zhu, and Y.-W. Sun, Neoclassical toroidal viscosity torque in tokamak edge pedestal induced by external resonant magnetic perturbation, Phys. Plasmas 24, 082510 (2017). [Af24] D. Banerjee, P. Zhu, and R. Maingi, Stabilizing effects of resistivity towards ELM-free H- mode discharge in Lithium-conditioned NSTX, Nucl. Fusion 57, 076005 (2017). [Af23] D. Banerjee, P. Zhu, and R. Maingi, Stabilizing effects of resistivity on low-n edge localized modes in NSTX, Phys. Plasmas 24, 054501 (2017). [Af22] P. Zhu, A. Bhattacharjee, A. Sangari, Z.-C. Wang, and P. Bonofiglo, Three-dimensional geometry of magnetic reconnection induced by ballooning instability in a generalized Harris sheet, Phys. Plasmas 24, 024503 (2017).
Ping Zhu: Curriculum Vitae 2019 4 [Af21] W.-L. Huang and P. Zhu, The locking and unlocking thresholds for tearing modes in a cylindrical tokamak, Phys. Plasmas 23, 032505 (2016). [Af20] W.-L. Huang and P. Zhu, Mode locking and island suppression by resonant magnetic perturbations in Rutherford regime, Phys. Plasmas 22, 032502 (2015). [Af19] P. Zhu, C. R. Sovinec, and C. C. Hegna, The formation of blobs from a pure interchange process, Phys. Plasmas 22, 022311 (2015). [Af18] P. Zhu and J. Raeder, Ballooning instability-induced plasmoid formation in near-earth plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 119, 131-141 (2014). [Af17] P. Zhu and J. Raeder, Plasmoid formation in current sheet with finite normal magnetic component, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 235005 (2013). [Af16] P. Zhu, J. Raeder, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, Nature of axial tail instability and bubble-blob formation in near-earth plasma sheet, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics 118, 653-663 (2012). [Af15] P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, Stabilizing effects of edge current density on pedestal instabilities, Phys. Plasmas 19, 032503 (2012). [Af14] P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, Intermediate nonlinear regimes of line-tied g mode and ballooning instability, Nucl. Fusion 49, 095009 (2009). [Af13] P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, Exponential growth of nonlinear ballooning instability, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 235003 (2009). [Af12] P. Zhu, J. Raeder, K. Germaschewski, and C. C. Hegna, Initiation of ballooning instability in the near-earth plasma sheet prior to the 23 March 2007 THEMIS substorm expansion onset, Ann. Geophys. 27, 1129-1138 (2009). [Af11] P. Zhu and C. C. Hegna, Ballooning filament growth in the intermediate nonlinear regime, Phys. Plasmas 15, 092306 (2008). [Af10] P. Zhu, D. D. Schnack, F. Ebrahimi, E. G. Zweibel, M. Suzuki, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, Absence of complete finite-larmor-radius stabilization in extended MHD, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 085005 (2008). [Af9] P. Zhu, C. R. Sovinec, C. C. Hegna, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, Nonlinear ballooning instability in the near-earth magnetotail: Growth, structure, and possible role in substorms, J. Geophys. Res. 112, A06222 (2007). [Af8] P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, C. R. Sovinec, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, Intermediate nonlinear regime of a line-tied g mode, Phys. Plasmas 14, 055903 (2007). [Af7] P. Zhu, C. C. Hegna, and C. R. Sovinec, Nonlinear growth of a line-tied g mode near marginal stability, Phys. Plasmas 13, 102307 (2006). [Af6] P. Zhu, A. Bhattacharjee, and K. Germaschewski, Intermediate nonlinear evolution of the Parker instability: Formation of convection-induced discontinuities and absence of finitetime singularities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 065001, (2006). [Af5] P. Zhu, A. Bhattacharjee, and Z.-W. Ma, Finite-k y ballooning instability in the near-earth magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res. 109, A11211 (2004).
Ping Zhu: Curriculum Vitae 2019 5 [Af4] P. Zhu, A. Bhattacharjee, and Z.-W. Ma, Hall MHD ballooning instability in the magnetotail, Phys. Plasmas 10, 249 (2003). [Af3] P. Zhu, G. Bateman, A. H. Kritz, and W. Horton, Predictive transport simulations of internal transport barriers using the Multi-Mode model, Phys. Plasmas 7, 2898 (2000). [Af2] P. Zhu, W. Horton, and H. Sugama, The radial electric field in a tokamak with reversed magnetic shear, Phys. Plasmas 6, 2503 (1999). [Af1] P. Zhu and S.-T. Tsai, Effect of sheared flow on drift and Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in a tandem mirror, Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 38, 405 (1996). Refereed Journal Articles (Co-author) [Ac16] W.-X. Ding, H.-Q. Liu, J.-P. Qian, S.-B. Zhang, D. L. Brower, Z.-Y. Zou, W.-M. Li, Y. Yang, L. Zeng, J.-L. Xie, P. Zhu, C.-X. Yu, T. Lan, S.-X. Wang, H. Lian, Y.-X. Jie, L.-Q. Hu, and B.-N. Wan, Spontaneous current relaxation in NBI heated plasmas on EAST, Plasma Sci. Technol. 20, 094001 (2018). [Ac15] Z.-Y. Li, V. S. Chan, Y.-R. Zhu, X. Jian, J.-L. Chen, S.-K. Cheng, P. Zhu, X.-Q. Xu, T.-Y. Xia, G.-Q. Li, L. L. Lao, P. B. Snyder, X.-G. Wang, and the CFETR Physics Team, Ideal MHD stability and characteristics of edge localized modes on CFETR, Nucl. Fusion 58, 016018 (2018). [Ac14] A. Hussain, Z.-L. Zhao, J.-L. Xie, P. Zhu, W.-D. Liu, A. Ti and EAST Team, Observations of compound sawteeth in ion cyclotron resonant heating plasma using ECE imaging on experimental advanced superconducting tokamak, Phys. Plasmas 23, 042504 (2016). [Ac13] J. Raeder, P. Zhu, Y. Ge, and G. Siscoe, Auroral signatures of ballooning mode near substorm onset: OpenGGCM simulations, Geophys. Monogr. Ser. 197, 389-395 (2012). [Ac12] J. Raeder, P. Zhu, Y. Ge, and G. Siscoe, OpenGGCM simulation of a substorm: Axial tail instability and ballooning mode preceding substorm onset, J. Geophys. Res. 115, A00I16 (2010). [Ac11] B. J. Burke, S. E. Kruger, C. C. Hegna, P. Zhu, P. B. Snyder, C. R. Sovinec, and E. C. Howell, Edge localized linear ideal magnetohydrodynamic instability studies in an extendedmagnetohydrodynamic code, Phys. Plasmas 17, 32103 (2010). [Ac10] K. Avinash, P. Zhu, V. Nosenko, and J. Goree, Nonlinear compressional waves in a twodimensional Yukawa lattice, Phys. Rev. E 68, 046402 (2003). [Ac9] W. Horton, B. Hu, J.-Q. Dong, and P. Zhu, Turbulent electron thermal transport in tokamaks, New J. Phys. 5, Art. No. 14 (2003). [Ac8] B. Hu, W. Horton, P. Zhu, and F. Porcelli, Density profile control with current ramping in a transport simulation of Ignitor, Phys. Plasmas 10, 1015 (2003). [Ac7] W. Horton, F. Porcelli, P. Zhu, A. Aydemir, Y. Kishimoto, and T. Tajima, Ignitor physics assessment and confinement projections, Nucl. Fusion 42, 169 (2002). [Ac6] G. T. Hoang, C. Bourdelle, X. Garbet, G. Giruzzi, T. Aniel, M. Ottaviani, W. Horton, P. Zhu, and R. V. Budny, Experimental determination of critical threshold in electron transport on Tore Supra, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 125001 (2001).
Ping Zhu: Curriculum Vitae 2019 6 [Ac5] G. M. Staebler, R. E. Waltz, J. E. Kinsey, G. Bateman, A. H. Kritz, T. Onjun, A. Pankin, P. Zhu, and W. Horton, Drift wave based modeling of poloidal spin-up precursor and stepwise expansion of transport barriers, Nucl. Fusion 41, 891 (2001). [Ac4] W. Horton and P. Zhu, Transport barrier dynamics, Phys. Plasmas 7, 4534 (2000). [Ac3] W. Horton, P. Zhu, G. T. Hoang, T. Aniel, M. Ottaviani, and X. Garbet, Electron transport in Tore Supra with fast wave electron heating, Phys. Plasmas 7, 1494 (2000). [Ac2] J.-M. Kwon, W. Horton, P. Zhu, P. J. Morrison, H. B. Park, and D.-I. Choi, Global drift wave map test particle simulations, Phys. Plasmas 7, 1169 (2000). [Ac1] M. Sun, P. Zhu, and S. Z. Yang, A model of plasma source ion implantation for inner surface modification, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 29, 274 (1996). Presentations Invited Talks and Seminars (selected) [PI11] Effects of Density and Impurity on Edge Localized Modes in Tokamaks, 59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Milwaukee, WI (USA), October 23-27, 2017, PI3.00005. [PI10] Three-dimensional Magnetic Reconnection Induced by Ballooning Instability in Near-Earth Magnetotail, 13th International Conference on Substorms, Portsmouth, NH, USA, September 25-29, 2017. [PI9] MHD Modeling of Edge Localized Modes in Tokamaks, First Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, Chengdu, China, September 18-23, 2017. [PI8] Intrinsically 3D Magnetic Reconnection Induced by Ballooning Instability in Earth s Magnetotail, First Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics, Chengdu, China, September 18-23, 2017. [PI7] Kinetic-MHD Modelling of Energetic Particle Physics in Tokamaks using NIMROD, The 11th Westlake International Symposium, Hangzhou, China, April 24-26, 2017. [PI6] MHD Modeling of Edge Localized Modes in Tokamaks, National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan, July 4, 2012 (Hosts: Naoki Mizuguchi and Hideo Sugama). [PI5] MHD Modeling of Edge Localized Modes, National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea, March 28, 2012 (Host: Jinyong Kim). [PI4] Origin of Auroral Substorms: Trigger and Catalyst, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, Feburary 27, 2012 (Host: Fred Skiff). [PI3] Ballooning Instability of Near-Earth Magnetotail, Rice University, Houston, TX, Feburary 14, 2011 (Hosts: Frank Toffoletto and Richard Wolf). [PI2] Exponential Growth and Filamentary Structure of Nonlinear Ballooning Instability, American Physical Society April Meeting and Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Denver, CO (USA), May 2-5, 2009, W15.00003. [PI1] Intermediate Nonlinear Development of a Line-tied g-mode, 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Philadelphia, PA (USA), October 30- November 3, 2006, VI2.00005.