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Rishab Datta
Postdoctoral Associate
Biography

Rishabh Datta is a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Rishabh works on the computational modeling of disruptions and runaway electrons in fusion plasmas, informing the design of next-generation fusion devices. He completed his Ph.D. at MIT in 2024, investigating the effects of radiative heat transfer in shocks and magnetic reconnection

Awards

• Igor Alexeff Outstanding Student in Plasma Science Award | 2024
• Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Outstanding Student Award | Spring 2023
• MIT College of Engineering Exponent Fellowship | 2023

Disruption Modeling; Magnetohydrodynamics; Runaway Electron Physics; Magnetized Shocks and Reconnection in Radiative Plasmas
Selected Publications 1. R. Datta , C. Clauser, N. Ferraro, R. Sweeney, R. A. Tinguely (2026). "Modeling the effect of MHD activity on runaway electron generation during SPARC disruptions." Nucl. Fusion (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae4abb 2. Datta, R., C. Clauser, N. Ferraro, C. Liu, R. Sweeney, and R. A. Tinguely. "Coupled 2-D MHD and runaway electron fluid simulations of SPARC disruptions." Physics of Plasmas (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0272430 3. R. Datta, K. Chandler, C. E. Myers, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, C. Aragon, D. J. Ampleford, J. T. Banasek, A. Edens, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, Q. Looker, S. G. Patel, A. Porwitzky, G. A. Shipley, D. A. Uzdensky, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, J.D. Hare (2024). “Plasmoid Formation and Strong Radiative Cooling in a Driven Magnetic Reconnection Experiment.” Physical Review Letters (Editors’ Suggestion) https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.132.155102 4. R. Datta, K. Chandler, C. E. Myers, J. P. Chittenden, A. J. Crilly, C. Aragon, D. J. Ampleford, J. T. Banasek, A. Edens, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, Q. Looker, S. G. Patel, A. Porwitzky, G. A. Shipley, D. A. Uzdensky, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, J.D. Hare (2024). “Radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection experiments driven by pulsed power.” Physics of Plasmas (Editors’ Pick) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0201683 5. R. Datta, A. J. Crilly, J. P. Chittenden, S. Chowdhry, K. Chandler, N. Chaturvedi, C. E. Myers, W. R. Fox, S. B. Hansen, C. A. Jennings, H. Ji, C. C. Kuranz, S. V. Lebedev, D. A. Uzdensky, J. D. Hare (2024). “Simulations of radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection driven by pulsed-power.” Journal of Plasma Physics. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377824000448
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