Dr Pablo J. Bilbao

I am a Leverhulme-Peierls Fellow in Theoretical Physics at Oxford, building a research programme on kinetic extreme plasma physics. My work combines analytical theory with large-scale PIC simulations to understand how -electrodynamic effects change kinetic plasma processes. Current directions include electron-cyclotron maser mechanisms, the kinetics of pair plasmas, and criteria that make coherent bursts observable. 

A parallel work focuses on studying laboratory analogues: translating theory into experimental conditions, that can be tested in high-energy-density facilities. I welcome conversations with experimentalists and theorists interested in extreme plasma physics, from compact-object astrophysics to laboratory platforms. If this intersects your interests, feel free to get in touch by email.

Plasma Physics, Plasma Astrophysics, Laboratory astrophysics, Computational Modelling.

P. J. Bilbao &  L. O. Silva. Physical Review Letters 130.16 (2023): 165101.

P. J. Bilbao, et al. Science advances 11.15 (2025): eadt8912.

C. D. Arrowsmith, P. Simon, P. J. Bilbao, et al. Nature Communications 15.1 (2024): 5029.