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Physics in the pandemic: ‘We’ve been surprised at how easy it’s become to do high-level experiments from our homes’

01 Apr 2021

Ben Penaflor is computer systems manager at General Atomics, which operates the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, California, for the US Department of Energy. This post is part of a series on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the personal and professional lives of physicists around the world. If you’d like to share your own perspective, please contact us at pwld@ioppublishing.org.

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On site vs on screen Ben Penaflor uses a photo of the DIII-D facility as his background during Zoom meetings because it helps him feel connected to the facility while working from home. (Courtesy: Ben Penaflor)
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Ben Penaflor is computer systems manager at General Atomics, which operates the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, California, for the US Department of Energy.
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