Gennady Fiksel

Dr. Gennady Fiksel is a Research Scientist at the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan. His work focuses on high-intensity laser-plasma interactions and magnetized high-energy-density plasma systems.

• Education: MS (1975) from Novosibirsk State University, Russia; PhD (1991) from the University of Madison, WI.
• Career: Former positions at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (Novosibirsk), University of Madison (Physics Department), and the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (2009-2015).

His research spans magnetic reconnection in laser-produced plasmas, ion acceleration, and biomedical applications related to UV protection mechanisms in prebiotic chemistry. Recent publications emphasize laboratory astrophysics, collisionless shocks, and magnetic field generation in extreme conditions.

Scientific awards include election as a Fellow of the American Physics Society (2013). Experimental facilities utilized include the Omega EP Laser, National Ignition Facility (NIF), and HERCULES 300 TW laser at the University of Michigan's Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS).