Profile

Personal Information

• Email:
  • himawan [at] winarto.net
  • hwinarto [at] (princeton.edu OR pppl.gov OR permiasnasional.com)
• Office:
  • Online (by appointment)

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate
  Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, expected in Summer 2024
  Advisor: Prof. Matthew W. Kunz
  • Master of Arts (M.A.) awarded in September 2020
• Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
  Physics, Princeton University, class of 2018
  • Senior thesis: Laboratory Study of Magnetorotational Instability
    Advisor: Prof. Hantao Ji

Professional and Teaching Experience

• Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • APC 523: Numerical Algorithms for Scientific Computing (Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
  • APC 524: Software Engineering for Scientific Computing (Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
  • PHY 503/504/513/514: Physics Qualifying Exam Preparation Courses (Fall 2022)
  • AST 552: General Plasma Physics II (Spring 2023)
• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
  • Laboratory assistant
    • PHY 104: General Physics II (Spring 2016)
  • Grader
    • PHY 101: Introductory Physics I (Fall 2016)
    • PHY 102: Introductory Physics II (Spring 2017)
    • PHY 103: General Physics I (Fall 2017)
• Exchange Student for Princeton-University of Tokyo Exchange Program in Plasma Physics (Summer 2016, Summer 2017)
• Laboratory Assistant (2015 - 2016)
  Prof. Michael Romalis group, Princeton University
• Physics Teacher (2013-2014)
  Special High School under the Directorate of Special Education, Indonesian Ministry of Education

Conference Attended

• 7th AAPPS DPP Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics [Nagoya, Japan] (2023) Reconnection and Resistivity in Collisionless High-Beta Plasmas
• 65th APS DPP Annual Meeting [Denver, CO, USA] (2023)
  Effects of Pressure-Anisotropy-Driven Instabilities on the Electrical Resistivity of Collisionless, High-Beta Plasmas
• 64th APS DPP Annual Meeting [Spokane, WA, USA] (2022)
  Electrical Resistivity of Collisionless, High-Beta Plasmas
• 13th Plasma Kinetics Working Meeting [Vienna, Austria] (2022)
  Tearing and Mirrors
• 63rd APS DPP Annual Meeting [Pittsburgh, PA, USA] (2021)
  Tearing, Reconnection, and Anomalous Resistivity in a Mirror-infested Plasma
• 62nd APS DPP Annual Meeting [Online] (2020)
  Tearing and Reconnection in a Mirror-infested Current Sheet
• 61st APS DPP Annual Meeting [Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA] (2019)
  Isolating Magnetorotational Instability (MRI) Using Eigenmode Analysis in the Numerical Simulation of Princeton MRI Experiment
• 60th APS DPP Annual Meeting [Portland, OR, USA] (2018)
  Numerical Prediction of Magnetorotational Instability in Magnetized Taylor-Couette Flow with Conducting Endcaps
• 7th Asian Physics Symposium [Bandung, Indonesia] (2017)
  Review of Progress in Magnetorotational Instability

Organizational Activity

• PERMIAS Nasional
  Organization of the Indonesian Students in the United States
  • Director of Academic and Research (2022-now)
  • Co-Director of Academic, Research, and Professional Development (2021-2022)
  • Co-Director of Academic and Research (2020-2021)
• Princeton Graduate Student Government
  • Assembly Representatives for Plasma Physics (2022-now)
• Princeton Program in Plasma Physics Graduate Student Committee
  • Class representative (2018-now)
  • Vice chair (2021-2022)
• Princeton Society of Physics Students (PSPS)
  • Treasurer (2015-2017)
  • President (2017-2018)

Additional Certifications

• Japanese Language Proficiency Test
  • N3 (December 2021)

Achievements

• Phi Beta Kappa Society (2018)
• Allen G. Shenstone Prize in Physics (2018)
• Kusaka Memorial Prize in Physics (2016, 2017)
• Manfred Pyka memorial Prize in Physics (2015)
• Absolute Winner in the 14th Asian Physics Olympiad (2013)
  Gold Medal, Best Experimental Result, and highest combined score from both theoretical and experimental parts
• Indonesian Ministry of State Enterprise Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Technology (2013)
• Taruna Merah Putih Award for Prolific Youth in Education from Partai Demokrasi Indonesia–Perjuangan (2013)