Dr. Arsene Tema Biwole

Assistant Professor
Physics

Areas of Expertise

Magnetic Confinement Fusion, Turbulence and Transport, Plasma Diagnostics, RF Systems for Fusion Plasmas

Education

B.S., Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
M.S., Energy and Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Ph.D., Physics, EPFL, Switzerland

About Dr. Arsene Tema Biwole

Dr. Biwole is an Assistant Professor of Physics at Hampton University. Prior to joining Hampton, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Visiting Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy DIII-D National Fusion Facility. He has built, commissioned, and operated plasma diagnostics on world-leading tokamak facilities and led U.S. Department of Energy-funded fusion experiments.

At Hampton, his research contributes to the development of the STAR_Lite stellarator experiment for fusion and plasma science research and education.

Website: https://www.hufusion.org/

Teaching

Introductory Physics
General Physics Laboratory

Publications

Selected publications

A. T. Biwole et al. Effects of Tungsten Radiative Cooling on Impurity, Heat and Momentum Transport in DIII-D Plasmas. Submitted to Nuclear Fusion (2026). https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.06096
A. T. Biwole et al. Asymptotic mass and charge scaling for trace impurity transport in tokamaks. Submitted to Physics of Plasmas (2026).
A. T. Biwole et al. A Multi-Pulse, Multi-Species Laser Blow-Off System for Impurity Transport Studies on DIII-D. Submitted to Review of Scientific Instruments (2026).
A. T. Biwole et al. Cross-Calibration and First Vertical ECE Measurement of Electron Energy Distribution in the TCV Tokamak. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (2024). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad88a0
A. T. Biwole et al. Vertical Electron Cyclotron Emission Diagnostic on the Tokamak à Configuration Variable. Review of Scientific Instruments (2023). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0156000
A. T. Biwole et al. Performance of a High Vacuum, High Temperature Compatible Millimeter-Range Viewing Dump for the Vertical ECE Experiment on TCV. Fusion Engineering and Design (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.112079

Selected Presentations

A. T. Biwole et al. Observation of High-Z Impurity Screening and Expulsion in Low-Density-Gradient, ELM-Suppressed, Burning-Plasma-Relevant Regimes in DIII-D. Invited Talk, APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 2-6, 2026.
A. T. Biwole et al. Asymptotic Mass and Charge Scaling for Trace Impurity Transport in Tokamaks. Invited Talk, Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Santa Fe, NM, April 27–29, 2026.
A. T. Biwole Plasma-Material Interactions in Fusion Reactor Design. Invited Seminars, University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA) and University of Utah (UT), 2026.
A. T. Biwole Fusion Reactor Design and the Role of Plasma Impurity Research. Invited Seminar, University of Michigan, 2025.
A. T. Biwole. The Journey Toward Fusion Power: Accomplishments, Current Challenges, and Research Opportunities. Invited Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology, February 2025.
A. T. Biwole et al. Non-Thermal Electron Measurement from Polarized Electron Cyclotron Emission in the TCV Tokamak. Invited Talk, 21st Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ECE21/ECRH), June 2022.

Additional publications are available on: Google Scholar, ORCID, and personal website.