Prof. Valerian Hall-Chen

Adjunct Assistant Professor at NTU
valerian.hallchen@ntu.edu.sg
0000-0001-6009-3649
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Biography

Valerian Hall-Chen is an adjunct assistant professor at School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. Valerian is also Principal Investigator and Head of the Plasma Physics & Diagnostics at the Future Energy Acceleration and Translation Centre, A*STAR. Valerian holds a BA in Natural Sciences (Physics) from the University of Cambridge and a DPhil in Theoretical Physics from the University of Oxford, where he was supervised by Felix Parra and Jon Hillesheim.

Research Interests

Microwave diagnostics, synthetic diagnostics, plasma exhaust, edge and sheath physics, and heating and current drive.

Awards

STAR Mentor Award (2025)

Selected publications

Yeoh, A. K., Hall-Chen, V. H., Pratt, Q. T., Victor, B. S., Damba, J., Rhodes, T. L., … & Ruiz Ruiz, J. (2026). Conceptual study on using Doppler backscattering to measure magnetic pitch angle in tokamak plasmas. Nuclear Fusion, 66(1), 016052.
Teo, N. Q. X., Hall-Chen, V. H., Barada, K., Ng, R. J. H., Gu, L., Yeoh, A. K., … & Rhodes, T. L. (2024). Using convolutional neural networks to detect edge localized modes in DIII-D from Doppler backscattering measurements. Review of Scientific Instruments, 95(7).
Hall-Chen, V. H., Parra, F. I., & Hillesheim, J. C. (2022). Beam model of Doppler backscattering. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 64(9), 095002.