Henrique joined HSX as a graduate student in 2020. He received Bachelor’s degrees in math and electrical engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage, where he used the PIC code Tech-X VSIM to model a multipole plasma trap. Now he studies turbulence and transport over a range of HSX magnetic topologies. He works on synthetic diagnostic development, diagnostic analysis tools, experimental fluctuation and confinement measurements, and gyrokinetic simulations in GENE. His PhD topic is to experimentally investigate the impact flux-surface-elongated HSX configurations have on trapped-electron-mode turbulence and overall confinement. This project is motivated by computational GENE results that predict reduced growth rates, less coherent mode activity, and improved confinement in elongated configurations.