Currently, we aim to establish a fluid model for strongly coupled plasma using Molecular Dynamics simulations and experimental methods.

Nearly 99.99% of the observable universe consists of plasma. Yes, you read that correctly. While rare on Earth, when gazing skyward at night, you witness various stars illuminating the darkness. Most of these stars, along with the matter in between them, are, in fact, plasma. The Sun, lightning, auroras, and other phenomena visible to the naked eye are further examples of plasma. Our group conducts fundamental research on the dynamics occurring in such plasma through theoretical, computational, and experimental methods. We focus on studying the dynamic properties of strongly coupled plasma, the family of plasma where interaction potential amongst the charged species is higher than their thermal energy. Currently, our research focuses on phase transitions, instabilities, turbulence, and viscoelastic fluid properties of strongly coupled plasmas using numerical simulations. We also investigated such fluid dynamics in our tabletop experiments on dusty plasma.