About the Authors
Sergei Krasheninnikov is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
at the University California San Diego, USA. He graduated from the Moscow
Institute of Physics and Technology, known informally as PhysTech (Физтех). He
worked at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow, Russia, and Plasma
Science and Fusion Center at MIT, Cambridge, USA, and was involved in INTOR
and ITER projects. His scientific interests span through different topics of plasma
and atomic physics in fusion devices, plasma–material, and laser–plasma
interactions.
Andrei Smolyakov is a professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering
Physics at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada. He
graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, known informally
as PhysTech (Физтех), and worked at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy,
Moscow, Russia. His scientific interests include waves, instabilities, nonlinear
processes in magnetically confined fusion plasmas, material processing, and electric
propulsion applications.
Andrei Kukushkin is a leading scientist at NRC Kurchatov Institute and NRNU
MEPhI, Moscow, Russia. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University known informally as MSU (МГУ). Being an employee of Kurchatov Institute,
he was strongly involved in the INTOR project and then spent over 20 years at ITER
developing the technology of the edge plasma modeling and applying it to providing
the information on expected divertor performance for the designers. His scientific
interests are concentrated on numerical modeling, mostly, of the edge and divertor
plasma.
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Sergei Krasheninnikov is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department
at the University California San Diego, USA. He graduated from the Moscow
Institute of Physics and Technology, known informally as PhysTech (Физтех). He
worked at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow, Russia, and Plasma
Science and Fusion Center at MIT, Cambridge, USA, and was involved in INTOR
and ITER projects. His scientific interests span through different topics of plasma
and atomic physics in fusion devices, plasma–material, and laser–plasma
interactions.
Andrei Smolyakov is a professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering
Physics at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Saskatchewan, Canada. He
graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, known informally
as PhysTech (Физтех), and worked at the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy,
Moscow, Russia. His scientific interests include waves, instabilities, nonlinear
processes in magnetically confined fusion plasmas, material processing, and electric
propulsion applications.
Andrei Kukushkin is a leading scientist at NRC Kurchatov Institute and NRNU
MEPhI, Moscow, Russia. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University known informally as MSU (МГУ). Being an employee of Kurchatov Institute,
he was strongly involved in the INTOR project and then spent over 20 years at ITER
developing the technology of the edge plasma modeling and applying it to providing
the information on expected divertor performance for the designers. His scientific
interests are concentrated on numerical modeling, mostly, of the edge and divertor
plasma.
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