
Welcome to the Plasma Theory Group at IISc
Principal Investigator
Prof. Animesh Kuley is an Associate Professor at Department of Physics in Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Having earned his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), he has held positions of Post-Doctoral researcher and Assistant project Scientist in the University of California, Irvine. A theoretical Plasma physicist by training, his research interests and activities are focused theoretical and simulation studies of fusion plasmas. KULEY group aims to develop Global Gyrokinetic Code using Cylindrical Coordinates (G2C3) for our Indian domestic fusion program. His research group studies instability, turbulence, and transport in laboratory plasmas, and all research work are aligned closely with the major long-term goals of the present and future tokamak experiments such as ITER.
Research Associate
Dr. Jaya Kumar is a research associate with a Ph.D. from Raman Research Institute, in Soft-Condensed Matter. He has a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science. Since October 2019 he has been a member of PTG, working on Gyro-Kinetic Code interfacing and machine-learning applications.
PhD Student
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Student
Alumni (Ph.D., Aug 2018 - Aug 2023)
Thesis (2018-2023): Global gyrokinetic simulations of electrostatic microturbulent transport in LHD stellarator and Aditya-U tokamak
Currently, Postdoc in USA.
Project Assistant (Jun 2021 - Jul 2022)
B. Sc: Acharya Institute of graduate studies, Bangalore University
M. Sc: Manipal institute of technology, Manipal academy of higher education
Research interest: Alfvén wave continuum solver
Project Assistant (Apr 2023 - Apr 2024)
B. Sc: IISc, Bangalore
M. Sc: IISc, Bangalore
Research interest: Effect of island on ITG.
PH 250A and 250B Students
Thesis (2018-2019): Kinetic particle simulations in plasmas in a global toroidal geometry
Summer Students
Report (2022): Learning to play Jenga (JengaZero: Manual Gameplay)(PDF)
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