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Justin Kunimune
Postdoctoral Associate
NW16-141
Biography

A cartography enthusiast, Wikipedia editor, and member of Citizens' Climate Lobby who does fusion research.

Education
  • PhD, Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT, 2025
  • BS, Engineering with Physics, Olin College, 2019

Justin works on magnetic recoil spectrometers for measuring neutron and gamma-ray emission from magnetic confinement fusion, though he's also worked on inertial confinement fusion. He's epecially interested in numerical optimization, Bayesian analysis, and data visualization.

  • - J. Kunimune, D. Casey, B. Kustowski, M. Jones, L. Divol, et al. “Reconstruction of residual kinetic energy in inertial-confinement fusion implosions at the National Ignition Facility using multiple heterogeneus data sources and neural networks”. Physical Review E 113 (2026).
  • - J. Kunimune, B. Reichelt, C. Forrest, K. Gerbsch, B. Haines, et al. “Studies of localized mix and asymmetry caused by the stalk in inertial fusion experiments at OMEGA”. Physics of Plasmas 33 (2026).
  • - J. Kunimune, P. Heuer, B. Reichelt, T. Johnson, et J. Frenje. “Quantification and visualization of uncertainties in reconstructed penumbral images of implosions at OMEGA”. Review of Scientific Instruments 95 (2024).
  • - J. Kunimune, P. Adrian, J. Frenje, M. Gatu Johnson, F. Séguin, et al. “Knock-on deuteron imaging for diagnosing the morphology of an inertial-confinement fusion implosion at OMEGA”. Physics of Plasmas 29 (2022).
  • - J. Kunimune, J. Frenje, G. Berg, C. Trosseille, R. Nora, et al. “Top-level physics requirements and simulated performance of the MRSt on the National Ignition Facility”. Review of Scientific Instruments 92 (2021).
  • - J. Kunimune. “Minimum-error world map projections defined by polydimensional meshes”. International Journal of Cartography 7 (2020).
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