Postdoctoral researchers


Koki Imada

Koki Imada

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I joined the plasma physics and fusion group in 2006 as a PhD student, and I started my postdoctoral research in October 2010. My research is concerned with a particular type of tokamak plasma instability called tearing modes, characterised by the formation of so-called magnetic islands. My particular research interest is in developing a theoretical model for the evolution of a magnetic island taking into account the finite radial diffusion in the vicinity of the island separatrix, using gyrokinetic theory.

Kari Niemi

Kari Niemi

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I joined the Low-Temperature Plasma group in October 2011. Prior to this I held research fellow posts at Queen’s University Belfast, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) and University of Essen (Germany), where I obtained my PhD in 2003. My current research interests include laser and optical diagnostics & numerical simulations of non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasmas & low pressure capacitively or inductively coupled radio-frequency plasmas and their respective technological application in plasma medicine and nano-fabrication.
 Tom O'Gorman

Tom O'Gorman

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