Nastassia Patnaik

Nastassia Patnaik is a first-year Physics major at Princeton University. While still in high school, she was an intern in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), working under the supervision of Dr. William Dorland and Dr. Michael Zarnstorff. She was a part of a team that worked on a Python code that explored the impact of changes in several key configuration parameters on stellarator performance. Nastassia is excited to learn about Plasma Physics and hopes to participate in research projects in this field during her time in Princeton.