2007 - Present	Assistant Research Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
2005-2006	Theoretical Plasma Physicist, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom
2003-2005	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Theoretical Division, group T-4 (atomic and optical theory), Los Alamos National Laboratory
2001-2002	Researcher, Research Center for Quantum Information, Bratislava, Slovakia, mandatory government service
2001	Postdoctoral Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany
1997-2001	Research Assistant (dissertation project) University of Nevada, Reno
1995-1996	Teaching Assistant (undergraduate physics lab sessions) University of Nevada, Reno

Theoretical and computational modeling of line emissions from hot plasmas; Intensity and polarization-based line spectroscopy and diagnostics of plasmas; Plasma opacities and equations of state

X-ray line polarization spectroscopy of Li-like Si satellite line spectra, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J. Abdallah, M.E. Sherrill, and H.L. Zhang, Journal of Physics B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 42, 085701 (2009).

X-ray line emissions from tamped thin aluminum targets driven by subpicosecond-duration laser pulses, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, U. Andiel, K. Eidmann, F. Pisani, G. Junkel-Vives, and J. Abdallah, High Energy Density Physics 5, 35 (2009).

Opacity effects on the polarization of line emissions in astrophysical plasmas, P. Hakel and R.C. Mancini, Astrophysics and Space Science 322 (1-4), 113 (2009).

Atomic Kinetics of Magnetic Sublevel Populations and Multipole Radiation Fields in Calculation of Polarization of Line Emissions, in Plasma Polarization Spectroscopy, T. Fujimoto and A. Iwamae (Editors), Springer (2007).

Cascade effects on the polarization of He-like Fe 1s2l-1s2 x-ray line emission, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, C. Harris, P. Neill, P. Beiersdorfer, G. Csanak, H.L. Zhang, Physical Review A 76, 012716 (2007)

The new Los Alamos opacity code ATOMIC, P. Hakel, M.E. Sherrill, S. Mazevet, J. Abdallah Jr., J. Colgan, D.P. Kilcrease, N.H. Magee, C.J. Fontes, H.L. Zhang, JQSRT 99, 265 (2006)

X-ray line polarization of He-like Si satellite spectra in plasmas driven by high-intensity ultrashort pulsed lasers, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, Physical Review E 69, 056405 (2004)

CHEMEOS: A New Chemical-Picture-Based Model for Plasma Equation-of-State Calculations, P. Hakel and D.P. Kilcrease, Proceedings of the 14th APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Santa Fe (2004)

K-shell spectra from hot dense aluminum layers buried in carbon and heated by ultrashort laser pulses, K. Eidmann, U. Andiel, F. Pisani, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, G.C. Junkel-Vives, J. Abdallah, K. Witte, JQSRT 81, 133 (2003)

Astrophysical and inertial-confinement-fusion plasmas generated with millijoule femtosecond laser pulses, U. Andiel, K. Eidmann, K. Witte, R.C. Mancini, P.Hakel, Journal of Modern Optics 49 (14/15), 2615 (2002)

Demonstration of aluminum K-shell line shifts in isochorically heated targets driven by ultrashort laser pulses, U. Andiel, K. Eidmann, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, G.C. Junkel-Vives, J. Abdallah, K. Witte, Europhysics Letters 60 (6), 861-867 (2002)

X-ray line polarization spectroscopy of He-like Si satellite line spectra, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, Review of Scientific Instruments 72 (1), 1245 (2001)

CHEMEOS: a new chemical-picture-based model for plasma equation-of-state calculations, P. Hakel and D.P. Kilcrease, invited talk at the 14th APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Santa Fe (2004)

Magnetic Sublevel Atomic Kinetics Modeling of Polarized X-ray Line Emissions from Plasmas Produced by High-Irradiance Lasers, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, invited talk at US-Japan workshop on high-irradiance lasers, Reno (2003)

Free energy minimization techniques and an equation of state for new opacity calculations, P. Hakel, D. Kilcrease, J. Abdallah, N. Magee, S. Mazevet, M. Sherrill, oral paper at the 2003 APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Albuquerque (2003)

An occupation probability formalism equation of state for new opacity calculations, P. Hakel, D. Kilcrease, J. Abdallah, N. Magee, S. Mazevet, M. Sherrill, poster paper at the 2003 APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Albuquerque (2003)

X-ray Line Polarization of He-like Si Satellite Line Spectra in Laser-Produced Plasmas Driven by Subpicosecond Pulsed Lasers, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, oral paper at 9th International Workshop on Radiative Properties of Hot Dense Matter, Santa Barbara (2000)

X-ray Line Polarization Spectroscopy of He-like Si Satellite Line Spectra, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, poster paper at 13th Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Tucson (2000)

Transient Effects in Polarized X-ray Satellite Line Emission from Si Plasmas Driven by Femtosecond Pulsed Lasers, P. Hakel, R.C. Mancini, J.C. Gauthier, E. Minguez, J. Dubau, M. Cornille, poster paper at 12th APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Reno (2000)


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