Nathaniel Chen
Princeton campus in winter snowfall

Building the tools to make fusion energy practical.

Princeton, NJ · 40.35°N 74.65°W

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From noisy signals to working systems.

I’m working to make fusion energy practical. I turn complex experimental data into measurements, models, and control systems that help us understand a plasma—and decide what to do next.

Signal processing, machine learning, and real-time control.

Problems I work on.

Extract the signal. Close the control loop. Understand what a model can learn. Three ways I connect scientific questions to tools that work.

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Notes from the work.

Ideas, experiments, and things I’m learning along the way. A place to follow the questions behind the projects.

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What are you trying to solve?

If your work involves difficult data, physical systems, or an idea you want to understand better, I’d like to hear about it.

Research together

Scientific machine learning, plasma diagnostics, and control. Bring a question, a dataset, or an experiment.

Discuss a collaboration

Build something

Signal analysis, scientific software, GPU computing, or a technical website. Let’s talk about what you need.

Discuss a project or role

Learn something

Physics, mathematics, and machine learning—from understanding the fundamentals to developing a research project.

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