Katy is the director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles group at Illinois. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy in the United States Department of Energy.

Zoe is an NRC fellow with an interest in advanced reactors, fuel cycles, and nonproliferation.

Sam works on grid-scale energy system modeling and optimization methods with a focus on nuclear energy and its implications for energy justice.

Olek is a graduate student interested in passive safety and operations, microreactors, and decentralized power generation. He is still trying to figure out how to integrate these interests into a viable career.

Luke is a PhD student interested in advanced reactor modeling and simulation, particularly Molten Salt Reactors.

Samar is a PhD student interested in advanced reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle.

Eli started as an undergraduate in NPRE and is now a graduate research assistant interested in modeling nuclear energy systems.

Rhys is an undergraduate in NPRE. He is interested in understanding the global fuel cycle.

Owen is an NPRE undergraduate at UIUC interested in modeling and simulation of nuclear power systems, especially Molten Salt Reactors

Matthew Disimone is an undergraduate in NPRE and is interested in modeling neutron transport in advanced reactors.

Bryan Park is an undergraduate in NPRE interested in modeling and simulating nuclear systems.

Thomas is an undergraduate in NPRE interested in modeling and simulating power systems in advanced reactors.

Ideal ARFC group members seek to advance nuclear energy challenges through advanced computing, physics-informed modeling, and sophisticated simulation