Hiroshi Matsumoto (engineer)

Hiroshi Matsumoto (松本 紘 Matsumoto Hiroshi) (born November 17, 1942) is a Japanese engineer and atmospheric scientist. He serves as the president of RIKEN, and until August 2014 was the president of Kyoto University. He is a member of the Japanese government's committee on space policy. He has a Doctorate in Engineering (1973, Kyoto University). He was born in Zhangjiakou, China.[1]

His research has centered on plasma in the geomagnetosphere and cosmosphere. He developed the KEMPO (Kyoto university ElectroMagnetic Particle) code to reproduce the dynamics of the physical processes of space plasma.[2] He led the plasma wave Geotail observations,[3] and has helped elucidate mechanisms of excitation, such as electrostatic solitary waves. He has also worked on studies for the practical application of microwave power transmission in space.

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  1. Matsumoto, Hiroshi. "履歴 (Profile)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-10-18.
  2. "KEMPO1". www.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  3. "The Geotail Plasma Wave Instrument". www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2014-10-19.

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