Dr. Dylan Brennan is currently a Staff Research Scientist of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at MIT, while resident at General Atomics (GA) in the Theory and Computational Science Group. He is actively involved in research into non-linear aspects of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stability theory. The focus of this research is on the effects of extensions to MHD, such as flow shear, thermal anisotropy and two-fluid effects, on the stability of experimental magnetic confinement systems. Before coming to GA, he studied the physics of helicity injected low aspect ratio plasmas at the University of Manchester, England, where he received his PhD in Physics. While at Columbia University, where he received his MS. in Applied Physics, he worked on computational plasma physics with a focus on understanding the cross-field transport of electrons due to interchange instabilities. Earlier in his physics training, he received his BS. in Physics from S.U.N.Y. Binghamton with honors.