Odd Erik Garcia
Job description
Head of UiT Aurora Centre for Non-linear Dynamics and Complex Systems Modelling (DYNAMO)
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Research interests
chaos, complex systems, convection, dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, fusion energy, numerical computations, plasma physics, self-organized criticality, space physics, stochastic modelling, turbulence
Teaching
5 year experience as head of teaching duringi the periods 2008-2010 and 2012-2015. Head of numerous study program boards at the Department of Physics and Technology and at the Faculty of Science and Technology. Lecturer for the following courses:
FYS-1002 Electromagnetism
FYS-2009 Introduction to plasma physics
FYS-2017 Sustainable energy
FYS-3026 Fusion plasma physics
FYS-3035 Stochastic modelling and nonlinear dynamics
Member of research group
CV
Researcher unique identifier: ORCID ; Publons ; Scopus ; Google Scholar
Education
2002 PhD: Disputation date: 14.06.2002. Title: “Convective transport and sheared flows in fluids and magnetized plasmas” Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway
1997 MSc: Examination date: 05.12.1997. Title: “Low-frequency fluctuations and anomalous transport in low-β plasmas” Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway
Current and previous positions
2020-date: Head of UiT Aurora Centre DYNAMO
2008-date: Professor, Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway (12 years+)
2007-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway (1 year)
2002-2007 Post-Doctoral Fellow/Research Fellow, Department of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark (5 years)
1998-2002 Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway (4 years)
1997-1998 Research assistant, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway (1/2 year)
Fellowships and awards
2016-2017 Fulbright Scholar, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (www.cies.org/grantee/odd-erik-garcia)
2011 Fellow of Academia Borealis – Northern Norway’s Academy of Science and Letters
2010 Short listed for the IAEA Nuclear Fusion Award (tinyurl.com/lm99gnr)
2005-2007 Steno Research Fellow, Individual Scholarship from the Danish Research Agency, Department of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
2002-2005 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Individual Scholarship from the Research Council of Norway working at the Department of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
1998-2002 Doctoral Fellow, Individual Scholarship from the Research Council of Norway working at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, University of Tromsø, Norway
Mobility
2016-2017 Plasma Science and Fusion Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (1 year sabbatical)
2011-2012 Plasma Science and Fusion Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (1 year sabbatical)
2005-2006 Centre for Research on Plasma Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, Switzerland (3 months visiting researcher)
2002-2007 Department of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark (5 years post-doctoral research)
2000-2001 Complex Systems Group, CNRS-Universite de Provence, Marseilles, France (1 year during PhD studies)
1996-1997 Department of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark (1 year during MSc studies)
Supervision of graduate students and research fellows
Main supervisor of 2 post-doctoral fellows, 8 PhD fellows and 16 Master students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway since 2007. Co-supervisor of numerous other students.
Teaching activities
2007-date Lecturer in mechanics, electromagnetism, numerical methods, sustainable energy, plasma physics, and fusion energy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. More than 1000 hours of lectures given and several new courses developed. Head of teaching for 5 years and leader of numerous study program boards.
Institutional responsibilities
2015-2019 Head of Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (100+ man-years and 300+ students in 2019)
2010-2015 Deputy Head of Department and Head of Teaching, Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (5 study programs with 300 students and two student advisors)
2010-2015 Leader of Energy and Climate Research Group, Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (5 faculty members, 15 doctoral and post-doctoral fellows)
2010-2015 Leader of Board for Master Program in Energy, Climate and Environment, Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway (150 students from 3 departments)
2012-2019 Board Member, Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
2008-2010 Board Member, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tromsø, Norway
Track record
Invited oral presentations given to the following established international conferences:
- “Blobs in the scrape-off layer of fusion devices” at the 3rd Joint Nordic Fusion Energy Seminar, 2019, Gentofte, Denmark
- “Universality of intermittent fluctuations in the Alcator C-Mod scrape-off layer” at the 59th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 2017, Milwaukuee, Wisconsin, USA
- “Intermittent fluctuations in the scrape-off layer of tokamak plasmas” at the 2017 International Sherwood Fusion Theory Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
- “SOL width and intermittent fluctuations in KSTAR” at the 22nd Plasma Surface and Interactions Conference, 2016, Aachen, Germany
- “Intermittent fluctuations in the Alcator C-Mod scrape-off layer” at the 54th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 2012, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- “Turbulence and transport in scrape-off layer plasmas” at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center spring seminar series, February 2012
- “Energy for the future – nuclear fusion power” lecture given to Academia Borealis, 2011
- “Blob transport in the plasma edge: a review” at the 14th International Congress on Plasma Physics, 2008, Fukuoka, Japan
- “Fusion energy” presented at the University of Stavanger, 2010
- “Fusion energy – status and prospects” presented as invited plenary talk at the Biannual Meeting of the Norwegian Physical Society, Tromsø, 2007
- “Convective transport by filamentary structures in scrape-off layer plasmas” at the 34th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2007, Tarragona, Spain
Numerous popular science and technical talks on plasma physics and fusion energy given both nationally and abroad.