Xavior Wang earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences - Physics from the University of Cambridge, UK, where he established a broad foundation of Physics, Applied Mathematics, Chemistry, and Material Science. He is a National Science Scholar (BS-PhD) under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore, which is a through-train fellowship that supports scholars from undergraduate to PhD studies in top global institutions. He is currently a PhD candidate at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and the MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering Department since 2024.
Xavior Wang's research focuses on understanding the dynamics of turbulence and transport in the core plasmas of tokamaks and stellarators. Through gyrokinetic simulations and integrated modeling, he investigates the fundamental effects of axisymmetry-breaking on turbulence behaviors and predicted profiles. He also performs experiments at the ASDEX-Upgrade tokamak, W7-X quasi-isodynamic stellarator, and LHD heliotron in an extensive cross-machine comparison effort. His work aims to fully integrate the fusion research workflow from experimental plasma discharges and data analysis to interpretive and predictive physics modeling.
First-Author Publications:
1.) B. I. Buschmann, M. Cufari, N. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, B. C. Foo, A. DeVault, S. G. Dannhoff, T. E. Evans, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, L. Russell, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, "Characterization of the response of radiochromic film to quasi-monoenergetic x rays through a cross-calibration with image plates," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093531 (2024).
Other Publications:
7.) M. Macon, B. I. Buschmann, M. Cufari, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, B. C. Foo, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, N. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, and J. A. Frenje, "Design of an in-vacuum manipulator for nuclear diagnostics development at the MIT linear electrostatic ion accelerator," Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 083508 (2025).
6.) R. Kishimori, M. Cufari, E. Z. L. Zhong-Johnson, B. I. Buschmann, A. J. Sinskey, T. M. Johnson, N. Vanderloo, A. DeVault, B. C. Foo, J. Vargas, S. G. Dannhoff, T. E. Evans, J. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, R. D. Petrasso, M. Gatu Johnson, and J. A. Frenje, "Impact of x rays on the sensitivity of CR-39 detectors to 2.4-MeV protons," Review of Scientific Instruments 96, 073506 (2025).
5.) B. C. Foo, B. I. Buschmann, M. Cufari, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, T. M. Johnson, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, N. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, F. H. Seguin, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, "Errors in the field reconstruction using CR-39 proton radiographs with high fluence variation," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 103527 (2024).
4.) L. Russell, T. M. Johnson, Y. Lawrence, B. Reichelt, N. Vanderloo, M. Cufari, B. I. Buschmann, S. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, E. Doeg, T. Evans, B. C. Foo, R. Frankel, J. H. Kunimune, J. A. Pearcy, J. Vargas, M. Gatu Johnson, and J. Frenje, "Quantifying the effects of neutron fluence on proton signal retention in CR-39," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 103505 (2024).
3.) N. Vanderloo, M. Cufari, L. Russell, T. M. Johnson, J. Vargas, B. C. Foo, B. I. Buschmann, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, J. A. Frenje, and C. K. Li, "Image plate multi-scan response to fusion protons in the range of 1-14 MeV," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093536 (2024).
2.) M. Cufari, N. Vanderloo, B. I. Buschmann, A. DeVault, B. C. Foo, J. Vargas, S. G. Dannhoff, T. E. Evans, T. M. Johnson, J. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, C. W. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, R. D. Petrasso, and J. A. Frenje, "Characterization of the image plate multi-scan response to mono-energetic x-rays," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093535 (2024).
1.) T. M. Johnson, J. Shan, R. Kishimori, M. J. Cufari, P. J. Adrian, B. Buschmann, C. W. Chang, S. G. Dannhoff, A. DeVault, T. E. Evans, B. Foo, J. H. Kunimune, Y. Lawrence, J. A. Pearcy, B. L. Reichelt, L. Russell, G. D. Sutcliffe, N. L. Vanderloo, J. Vargas, C. Wink, M. Gatu Johnson, F. H. Seguin, R. D. Petrasso, J. A. Frenje, and C. K. Li, "Intrinsic fluence non-uniformity in D3He backlit proton radiography," Review of Scientific Instruments 95, 093520 (2024).