Dr. Clarno is an Associate Professor in the Nuclear and Radiation Engineering program at the University of Texas at Austin with a research focus on computational nuclear energy, including algorithm development for radiation transport and reactor multiphysics.

Dr. Clarno’s primary research areas include:

- Multiphysics coupling methods for advanced simulation of nuclear reactors to integrate analyses and improve accuracy;
- Multiscale neutronics, fuel performance, and thermal-hydraulics to enable high resolution analyses in coupled physics applications;
- Design, optimization, and analysis of advanced commercial and test reactor concepts;
- Integration of software to optimize advanced manufacturing of nuclear technologies; and
- Propagation of uncertainties through multiphysics applications to optimize experiments.