His research involves thermonuclear fusion for interplanetary propulsion and terrestrial power and fundamental studies of plasmas with application to acceleration and implosion dynamics. Specific research areas include magneto-inertial fusion, MHD modeling, smoothed particle hydrodynamics. He is the PI of the Charger Facility, a 3 Terawatt pulsed power laboratory to be utilized for z-pinch fusion of lithium deuteride, pulsed magnetic nozzles, and laboratory astrophysics.