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Overview

Project D

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  • Topic: NRD stellarator science, STAR_Lite experiment

  • Year started: 2026

  • Affiliations: Hampton University, Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator 

  • Collaborations: 

  • Facilities: STAR_Lite

  • Codes: GACODE suite, CGYRO

  • Funding: Simons Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Project B 

Project C

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  • Topic: Impurity transport in magnetic confinement plasmas

  • Year started:  2023

  • Affiliations: MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Postdoctoral Associate

  • Collaborations: MFE-IM, DIII-D National Fusion Facility, General Atomics, IPP Garching, CEA 

  • Facilities: DIII-D, WEST, KSTAR, Perlmutter, MIT Engaging

  • Codes: GACODE suite, CGYRO, PORTALS

  • Funding: U.S. Dept. of Energy, NERSC

Project B

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  • Topic: Electron Cyclotron Emission diagnostic of thermal and suprathermal electrons in magnetic confinement plasmas 

  • Year started: 2018

  • Affiliations: EPFL Swiss Plasma Center, PhD research Assistant 

  • Collaborations: CNR Milano

  • Facilities: TCV

  • Codes: SPECE

  • Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Project A

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  • Topic: Neural Network for fast computation of plasma transport 

  • Year started:  2017

  • Affiliations: Politecnico di Torino, General Atomics, Research Assistant

  • Collaborations: GA Fusion Theory group

  • Facilities: DIII-D

  • Codes: GACODE suite, NEO, OMFIT 

  • Funding: Politecnico di Torino, BANCA SELLA 

Presentations

  1. X. Litaudon et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, DIII-D–WEST hybrid scenario         similarity experiments for long-pulse operation, EPS Plasma Physics               conference, oral presentation, 07/2026  [C]

  2. A. Tema Biwole et al., A Multi-pulse, multi-species Laser Blow-Off system   for impurity transport studies on DIII-D, High Temperature Plasma                 Diagnostic conference, poster presentation, 06/2026  [C]

  3. M. Nornberg et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Validating emissivity coefficients   for Rydberg charge exchange spectroscopy on DIII-D, High Temperature       Plasma Diagnostic conference, poster presentation, 06/2026  [C]

  4. I. Marshall et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Surrogate-based optimization of SOLPS-ITER for model validation and coupling, US Transport Task Force         Conference, poster presentation, 05/2026  [C]

  5. A. Tema Biwole, The Role of plasma-material interactions in fusion             reactor design, Department of Physics and Applied Physics,  and Department   of Chemical Engineering , University of Massachusetts Lowell, invited           seminar, 05/2026  [C]

  6. A. Tema Biwole et al., Asymptotic mass and charge scaling for trace impurity transport in tokamaks, Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, invited presentation, 04/2026  [C]

  7. A. Tema Biwole, Inferring fast particles’ energy from light polarization in   tokamaks, Department of Physics, Hampton University, invited seminar,       03/2026  [C]

  8. A. Tema Biwole, The Role of plasma-material interactions in fusion             reactor design, Department of Civil and Environmental  Engineering,                 University of Utah, invited seminar, 02/2026  [C]

  9. X. Litaudon et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, DIII-D–WEST hybrid scenario           similarity experiments for long-pulse operation, APS Division of  Plasma       Physics conference, oral presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  10. G. Navratil et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Observation of burning plasma       dynamics in DIII-D, APS Division of  Plasma Physics conference, invited           presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  11. F. Turco et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, The Impact of tungsten radiation and   MHD instabilities on steady-state reactor plasmas, APS Division of Plasma   Physics conference, oral  presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  12. A. Tema Biwole et al., Tungsten pump-out by n=1 MHD mode in a DIII-       D/WEST similarity experiment, APS Division of Plasma Physics Conference,     oral presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  13. M. Nornberg et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Developing local high-Z                   impurity density measurements for impurity transport in H-mode               plasmas using high-n Rydberg transitions on DIII-D, APS Division of       Plasma Physics conference, poster presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  14. J. Fleishhacker et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Trends in pedestal structure     and associated transport mechanisms of quiescent and ELMing H-               modes in DIII-D, APS Division of  Plasma Physics conference, poster                 presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  15. I. Marshall et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Development of a core through       SOL impurity transport modeling workflow using surrogate-based           optimization, APS Division of  Plasma Physics conference, poster                       presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  16. M. Prince et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Database study of impurity                 confinement time scaling on DIII-D tokamak, APS Division of  Plasma             Physics conference, poster  presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  17. G. Bladon et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Investigation of High-Te                         discrepancies between electron cyclotron emission and Thomson                 scattering, APS Division of  Plasma Physics conference,  poster                     presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  18. S. Ding et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, High-Z impurity transport and control in advanced tokamak scenarios on DIII-D, APS Division of Plasma Physics conference, oral  presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  19. BGP. Van Compernolle et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Achievement of a high-density, high-confinement, and high beta tokamak plasma regime for ITER and FPP,  oral  presentation, 11/2025  [C]

  20. A. Tema Biwole et al., Modeling of multi-Z impurity turbulent transport in DIII-D plasmas and implications for ITER and FPP, US Transport Task F       Force Conference, poster presentation, 04/2025  [C]

  21. A. Tema Biwole, The journey toward fusion power: accomplishments,         current challenges, and research opportunities, School of Mechanical           Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, invited seminar, 02/2025  [C]

  22. A. Tema Biwole, Fusion reactor design and the role of plasma impurity       research, NERS Department, University of Michigan, invited seminar              (HOST: Prof Todd Allen), 02/2025  [C]

  23. A. Tema Biwole et al., Dependencies in impurity turbulent transport in       ITER baseline plasmas on DIII-D, APS Division of Plasma Physics Conference,   oral presentation, 10/2024  [C]

  24. L. Votta et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Experimental and numerical                   investigations of suprathermal electron dynamics in TCV using electron       cyclotron emission, EPS Plasma Physics conference, poster presentation,     07/2024  [B]

  25. J. Decker et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Recent progress in runaway electron research at TCV, IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, oral presentation, 11/2023  [B]

  26. A. Tema Biwole et al., Impurity transport studies in DIII-D H-mode               plasmas: Experiment and turbulence modeling, APS Division of Plasma         Physics Conference,  poster presentation, 10/2023  [C]

  27. M. Hoppe et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, Runaway electron dynamics in           the tokamak à configuration variable, EPS Plasma Physics conference,             oral presentation, 07/2023  [B]

  28. A. Tema Biwole, Measuring  the electron energy distribution from               polarized electron cyclotron radiation, PhD public defense EPFL,                 03/2023  [B]

  29. A. Tema Biwole et al., Non-thermal electron measurement from                   polarized electron cyclotron emission in the TCV tokamak, Joint workshop   on electron cyclotron emission (ECE) and electron cyclotron cyclotron                 resonance heating (ECRH), invited presentation, 06/2022  [B]

  30. A. Tema Biwole et al., Modelling of the vertical ECE of TCV for runaway       electron experiments, Runaway electron modeling (REM) meeting, oral           presentation, 05/2022 [B]

  31. A. Tema Biwole et al., Fast electron studies using the ECE suite of                 diagnostics on TCV, Joint annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society and       the Austrian physical society, oral presentation, 08/2019 [B]

  32. O. Meneghini et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole, IMAS compatible neural-               network accelerated core-pedestal Simulations with self-consistent             transport of impurities, APS Division of Plasma Physics conference, poster     presentation, 11/2018 [A]

  33. A. Tema Biwole et al., Neural network computed bootstrap current for       real time control in DIII-D, APS Division of Plasma Physics conference, oral     presentation, 11/2017 [A]

  34. O. Meneghini et al. incl. A. Tema Biwole,Neural networks based models   for fusion applications, APS Division of Plasma Physics conference, poster     presentation, 11/2017 [A]

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