Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Atsushi Fukuyama is a distinguished Japanese researcher in fusion plasma physics, with a Dr.Eng. in Electronics from Kyoto University (1980), where he also earned his M.S. and B.A. in Electronics. Over more than four decades, he has made pivotal contributions to modelling of RF heating and current drive, lower hybrid wave heating, transport phenomena, plasma control, and integrated modelling of fusion plasmas. His academic appointments include Professor of Nuclear Engineering at Kyoto University (1998-2017), Visiting Professor at the National Institute for Fusion Science, senior research roles at ITER Organization, and earlier positions at Okayama University and research institutes. He has published extensively: according to Google Scholar, he has h-index = 44, over 300 documents, and more than 7,000 citations to his work. His long-list of publications includes foundational theoretical and modelling papers on nonlinear wave-plasma interactions, ion cyclotron harmonic effects, global transport in tokamaks, propagation and absorption of RF waves (e.g. lower hybrid, ICRF etc.). In addition, Prof. Fukuyama has held leadership roles such as Deputy Director and Director of ICT/Engineering units at Kyoto University; served on national and international fusion and plasma physics bodies such as ITER, ITPA, IFERC, MEXT committees; and has been recognized multiple times with awards from The Japan Society of Plasma Science & Nuclear Fusion Research for excellence in research publication.
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Featured Publications
Khan, S. A., & Fukuyama, A. (2025). Kinetic full-wave analysis of injected electromagnetic wave in an inhomogeneous hot plasma. Physical Review E, 102(4).
Seino, T., Yanagihara, K., Takahashi, H., Tobita, K., Nagasaki, K., Fukuyama, A., Matsuyama, A., Oishi, T., & Maekawa, T. (2024). Systematic numerical analysis of ECCD exploring injection conditions with high CD efficiency and current profile controllability in JA DEMO. Fusion Engineering and Design, 114, Article 114460.
Khan, S. A., & Fukuyama, A. (2021). On kinetic electrostatic plasma waves carrying orbital angular momentum. Physics of Plasmas, 28(7), 072105.
Ido, T., Fujisawa, A., Takemura, K., Kobayashi, T.-K., Nishimura, D., Kasuya, N., Fukuyama, A., Moon, C., Yamasaki, K., Inagaki, S., et al. (2021). Conceptual design of heavy ion beam probes on the PLATO tokamak. Review of Scientific Instruments, 92(5), 053501.
Na, Y.-S., Koechl, F., Polevoi, A. R., Byun, C. S., Na, D. H., Seo, J., Felici, F., Fukuyama, A., Garcia, J., Hayashi, N., et al. (2019). On benchmarking of simulations of particle transport in ITER. Nuclear Fusion, 59(7), 076036.
Hanada, K., Yoshida, N., Honda, T., Wang, Z., Kuzmin, A., Takagi, I., Hirata, T., Oya, Y., Miyamoto, M., Zushi, H., et al. (2017). Investigation of hydrogen recycling in long-duration discharges and its modification with a hot wall in the spherical tokamak QUEST. Nuclear Fusion, 57(12), 126061.