People

Science is people

Katy Huff

Katy Huff

Associate Professor

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.

Madicken Munk

Madicken Munk

Research Scientist

Madicken is acting the director of the Advanced Reactors and Fuel Cycles group at Illinois.

Sun Myung Park

Sun Myung Park

Graduate Research Assistant

Sun Myung Park is a PhD student embarking on his nuclear engineering journey.

Zoe Richter

Zoe Richter

Graduate Research Assistant

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

Samuel Dotson

Samuel Dotson

Graduate Research Assistant

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

Oleksandr Yardas

Oleksandr Yardas

Graduate Research Assistant

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 Seifert

Luke Seifert

Graduate Research Assistant

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

Nathan Ryan

Nathan Ryan

Graduate Research Assistant

Nathan is a graduate student interested in the nuclear fuel cycle, energy system modeling, and machine learning.

Ceser Zambrano

Ceser Zambrano

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Ceser is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC. He is interested in the usage of simulations for reactor cores.

Nathan Glaser

Nathan Glaser

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Nathan is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC, interested in fission reactor fuel modeling and simulation.

Riley Fisher

Riley Fisher

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Riley is an undergraduate in NPRE at UIUC. He is interested in the interactions between society, policy, and reactor technologies

Elijah Capps

Elijah Capps

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Eli is an undergraduate in NPRE interested in modeling nuclear energy systems.

Rhys MacMillan

Rhys MacMillan

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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

Owen Strong

Owen Strong

Undergraduate Research Assistant

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

You

You

Group Member

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