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Robert Kingham is a theoretical plasma physicist with over 20 years of experience in the fields of Laser-Plasma Interaction (LPI), Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), and High Energy Density Physics (HEDP). His expertise focuses on the development of multi-dimensional kinetic fluid simulation codes, which, combined with theoretical analysis, aim to deepen the understanding of fundamental phenomena related to the interaction of high-power (10^12 – 10^15 W) and short-duration (1 ps – 10 ns) laser beams with matter. He has a notable background in kinetic modeling, energy and particle transport, and advanced magnetic-field dynamics, having begun his career in Magnetic Confinement Fusion (MCF). Kingham took a teaching sabbatical at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire during 2016/17 to initiate projects related to the tokamak scrape-off layer (SOL). He has delivered several invited talks at various conferences, discussing topics such as Vlasov-Fokker-Planck methods, kinetic simulations, and non-local transport phenomena in laser-plasmas, and has taught numerous undergraduate lecture courses including Differential Equations and Computational Physics.
Imperial College London • London, United Kingdom
Teaching and research in theoretical plasma physics.
Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.