Massachusetts Institute of Technology

August 2004 - August 2012

Experimental plasma physics PhD / Thesis: "Study of density fluctuations and particle transport at the edge of I-Mode plasmas in Alcator C-Mod"

Advisor: Dr. Earl S. Marmar, Senior Scientist, Division Head, Alcator Project

University of Texas at Austin

August 2001 - June 2004

B.S. Physics with Honors / Thesis: "MHD Equilibrium and Stability in the Texas Helimak"

Thesis Advisor: Prof. Kenneth W. Gentle, Director, UT-FRC

National University of Colombia

August 1998 - June 2000

Undergraduate student in physics (Transferred to UT Austin in 2001)

Department Head

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

January 2022 - Present

Senior Program Leader

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

March 2015 - January 2022

Associate Research Physicist

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

September 2012 - March 2015

Research Assistant

Alcator C-Mod Tokamak, PSFC, MIT

August 2004 - August 2012

Teaching Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Class: 22.105 Electromagnetic Interactions (Graduate course)

Lecturer: Prof. Ron Parker

August 2007 - December 2007

• A. Dominguez, et al, "RGDX: An open access plasma physics experiment for high school and college audiences" (in progress)
• A. Dominguez, PhD thesis, "Study of density fluctuations and particle transport at the edge of I-Mode plasmas in Alcator C-Mod" (2012)
• S. Shiraiwa, S. Baek, A. Dominguez, et al, "Direct detection of lower hybrid wave using a reflectometer on Alcator C-Mod", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 10D936 (2010)
• A.E. Hubbard, et al, "Edge energy transport barrier and turbulence in the I-mode regime on Alcator C-Mod", Phys. Plasmas ,18, 056115 (2011)
• D.G Whyte, et al, "I-mode: an H-mode energy confinement regime with L-mode particle transport in Alcator C- Mod", Nucl. Fusion, 50, 105005 (2010)
• N. Basse, A. Dominguez, et al, Diagnostic systems on Alcator C-mod, Fusion Science and Technology, 51, pp. 476-507 (2007)
• A. Dominguez, Undergraduate Thesis, "MHD Equilibrium and Stability in the Texas Helimak"