Public Lecture

Institute of Physics, 37 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9BU

Tuesday, 8 April 2025
6:30-7:00PM: Light refreshments
7:00 - 8:00PM: Public Lecture

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About the lecture
Unveiling Complexity: Variability and Self-organisation in Fusion Plasmas and Beyond

Recent advancements in measurement and modelling technology have revealed that variability is a key aspect of complex systems. This challenges traditional methods that rely on mean values and variance, as significant deviations from these averages can occur during extreme events. Moreover, a stationary approach often overlooks crucial dynamics associated with variability. Conversely, self-organisation—characterised by order and structure—frequently arises from complexity in many significant phenomena. In this lecture, we will explore how to unravel the complexity of turbulence in magnetic confinement fusion plasma, focusing on variability and self-organisation. Additionally, we will discuss what insights we can attain from similar phenomena in other fields.

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About the speaker:

Eun-jin Kim, Ph.D., is a Professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics at Coventry University in the UK and a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University in South Korea. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Physics from Yonsei University in Seoul and her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in the USA. Prof. Kim has held postdoctoral positions at the Universities of Leeds/Exeter in the UK (a joint appointment), the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, USA, and the University of California, San Diego. She served as an Associate Professor at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Her research spans multiple disciplines, including plasmas, fluids, complex systems, and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, with significant contributions to the fields of magnetically confined nuclear fusion and astrophysical plasmas. Prof. Kim has been awarded the Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and has published over 160 peer-reviewed research papers.