I am a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Quantitative Modeling and Analysis Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA. Before joining Sandia in 2007, I worked for TTC Technologies in Long Island, NY, on the develoment of high-order methods for multi-disciplinary CFD prediction tools. My academic background is in computational fluid dynamics and combustion, but my current research interests include uncertainty quantification, Bayesian analysis, climate modeling, and classification methods in epidemiology.

Research Projects

• High-order AMR for Chemically Reacting Flows


• Uncertainty Quantification in Climate Modeling


• Classification of Partially Observed Epidemics

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

• K. Sargsyan, C. Safta, B.J. Debusschere and H. N. Najm, "Uncertainty Quantification given Discontinuous Model Response and a Limited Number of Model Runs", accepted for publication in SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (2011)


• C. Safta, J. Ray and H. N. Najm, "A high-order low-Mach AMR construction for chemically reacting flows", Journal of Computational Physics, 229 (2010) pp. 9299-9322. For published version, see here


• J. Ray, R. Armstrong, C. Safta, B.J. Debusschere, B. A. Allan and H. N. Najm, " Computational frameworks for advanced combustion simulations", Turbulent Combustion Modeling: Advances, New Trends and Perspectives, T. Echekki and E. Mastorakos, Eds, pp 407-437, Springer 2011. Link. SAND2009-7346P.


• N. Bharadwaj, C. Safta, and C.K. Madnia "Characteristics of Flame Wall Interactions for a Nonpremixed Flame Propelled by a Vortex Ring", Combustion Theory and Modelling, 11(1), 1-19, 2007. For published version, see here


• C. Safta and C.K. Madnia, "Autoignition and Structure of Non-Premixed Methane Flames: Detailed and Reduced Kinetic Models", Combustion and Flame, 114(1), 64-73, 2006. For published version, see here

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