Dr. Xueqiao Xu | Benchmark Datasets | Best Researcher Award
Doctorate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Summary
Dr. Xueqiao Xu is a distinguished theoretical and computational plasma physicist specializing in boundary plasma physics, large-scale computing, and AI/ML applications. Dr. Xu is the original developer of the BOUT code and co-developer of the BOUT++ code, leading international collaborations on edge turbulence and divertor heat flux simulations.
Education
- M.S. in Plasma Physics – Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 1985
- Ph.D. in Plasma Physics – University of Texas, Austin, 1990
Professional Experience
- Staff Scientist (1996–Present) – Fusion Energy Sciences Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Principal Investigator (2023–2027) – U.S. DOE Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
- Adjunct Professor (2012–Present) – School of Physics, Peking University, China
- Postdoctoral Researcher (1993–1996) – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Postdoctoral Researcher (1990–1993) – University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
Dr. Xu focuses on boundary plasma physics, edge turbulence, ELMs, and divertor heat flux simulations. He leads the development of the BOUT++ code.
Publications
How turbulence spreading improves power handling in quiescent high confinement fusion plasmas
- Author: Li, Z., Chen, X., Diamond, P.H., Khabanov, F., McKee, G.R.
- Journal: Communications Physics
- Year: 2024
Overview of recent experimental results on the EAST Tokamak
- Author: Song, Y., Wan, B., Li, J., Salewski, M., Schuster, E.
- Journal: Nuclear Fusion
- Year: 2024
DIII-D research to provide solutions for ITER and fusion energy
- Author: Holcomb, C.T., Abbate, J., Abe, A., Zimmerman, J., Zuniga, C.
- Journal: Nuclear Fusion
- Year: 2024
Turbulence simulations with BOUT++ by using SOLPS grids for SOLPS/BOUT++ coupling
- Author: Zhang, D.R., Ding, R., Si, H., Xu, X.Q., Xia, T.Y.
- Journal: Contributions to Plasma Physics
- Year: 2024
Theoretical and global simulation analysis of collisional microtearing modes
- Author: Zhu, M., Ma, L.
- Journal: Physics of Plasmas
- Year: 2024