Rate My Professor Joe Khachan

Throughout his academic career at the University of Sydney, Khachan has advanced understanding in plasma diagnostics, ion motion, and confinement. Key publications include "Measurements of ion energy distributions by Doppler shift spectroscopy in an inertial-electrostatic confinement device" (Physics of Plasmas, 2001), "Spatial distribution of ion energies in an inertial electrostatic confinement device" (Physics of Plasmas, 2003), "Diverging ion motion in an inertial electrostatic confinement discharge" (Physics of Plasmas, 2006), "Low beta confinement in a Polywell modelled with conventional point cusp theories" (Physics of Plasmas, 2011), "Evidence for surface fusion in inertial electrostatic confinement devices" (Physics of Plasmas, 2018), "Measurements and modeling of ion divergence from a gridded inertial electrostatic confinement device using laser induced fluorescence" (2020), and "An inertial electrostatic confinement fusion system based on graphite" (Physics of Plasmas, 2021). His body of work has received 1,276 citations, achieving an h-index of 20. Khachan also contributes to physics education research and delivers lectures on plasma physics.