Staff Scientist, Theoretical Division (T-2), Los Alamos National Laboratory.
I build multi-scale models that explain how magnetized plasmas convert stored energy into energetic particles in solar, space, and astrophysical environments. Most projects blend large-scale particle-in-cell, hybrid, and MHD simulations with energetic-particle transport solvers.
- 3D reconnection campaigns -- GPU-accelerated 3D VPIC and hybrid simulations to study reconnection-driven turbulence.
- Coupled particle transport -- Multi-scale transport solvers to energetic particle acceleration and transport.
- Observation-driven workflows -- Embedding X-ray, radio, and laboratory diagnostics into simulation pipelines for model validation.
- Website: https://xiaocanli.github.io/
- Google Scholar: Xiaocan Li
- ORCID: 0000-0001-5278-8029
- Email: phyxiaolee@gmail.com