James Clark Email & Phone Number

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

NSTX-U and SMART Thomson scattering

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for maintenance, calibration and operation of MAST-U Thomson scattering systems covering physics campaigns and engineering breaks.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

As a student ambassador I was responsible for demonstrating lab experiments to prospective students and their parents. I also gave campus tours of the university and physics facilities to the visitors.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

At the start of the my final year I began my role as a CERT Mentor for the School of Science and Technology within the Physics department. During the University's Welcome Week I was part of a team working to help the First Year students settle into University life. I was attached to a tutor group as a pastoral tutor. During the first term I was an academic tutor a group of second year Physics students to give them additional mathematics support alongside their studies.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Masters project at CCFE working on the spectral calibration of the X-point Thomson scattering system ready for MAST-U operations.

Oxford, United Kingdom

During the summer of 2017 I undertook a placement at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy. I worked to develop a heterodyne interferometry diagnostic system for MAST-U. The project was instrumentation based and involved signal processing, optics and programming in Python. The system was designed to replace the current system in place on MAST, with a number of these low cost systems measuring key areas of the plasma.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

I spent a year volunteering in Professor Robert Morris' lab to conduct scientific research alongside my third year studies. I worked to build a low cost Thomson scattering system to determine the electron temperature and density in my confinement system.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

In the summer of 2016 I spent two months building components for a nuclear fusion reactor that is being built on my university campus. I was working towards the aim of building a small fusion reactor on the university campus in the future. The completion of this project produced a low cost magnetic cusp confinement system for the Nottingham Trent University Fusion Unit. As a part of my scholarship I produced and presented a poster for an exhibition. I also presented my poster to the Vice-Chancellor of NTU and distinguished guests of the university's Pro Vice-Chancellor from various institutions around the UK.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

During the summer of 2015 I spent two months working as a Software Test Analyst. During that time I worked on a number of products in development. This involved working as part a team of testers following test plans to ensure that the software was working in accordance with it's brief. I was responsible for working with other testers in my team and the software developers to fix problems encountered with the software.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Plasma Science And Fusion Energy

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Energy Science and Technology. "Thomson scattering measurements in MAST-U Super-X divertor.

Plasma And High-Temperature Physics

EPSRC Fusion CDT Training Course

Master Of Science (Msci), Physics, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Researcher, Research Scholar, Student Ambassador, CERT Mentor, Astronomy and Physics Society