Atul Kumar, Ph. D. Email & Phone Number

As an R&D Associate Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), I apply my expertise in plasma material interactions (PMI) and associated transports to various linear and toroidal magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) devices. I use and develop HPC based computational tools and post-processing diagnostics to investigate the physics of plasma-wall interactions, boundary plasma transport and plasma detachment. I have a PhD in Physics from Institute For Plasma Research, where I studied the laser/beam-plasma interaction and its applications in laser mediated plasma heating and current drive. I also have a postdoctoral experience in ORNL and another institute, where I worked on the development and validation of a hybrid kinetic-fluid model for plasma transport in open systems. I have multiple publications in the field of plasma physics and fusion energy. I am passionate about advancing the scientific understanding and technological feasibility of fusion as a clean and sustainable energy source.