Biography

Masakatsu Murakami is Professor of Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University. After he defended Doctor thesis in 1988, he worked for three years at Max-Planck-Institute for quantum-optics (MPQ) in Germany on laser-matter interaction and heavy ion fusion physics.  After MPQ, he engaged himself in laser isotope separation for two years at Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Japan. Since 1993 he has worked at ILE, Osaka University.He now leads a theoretical group at ILE. The scope of current scientific interests concerns interactions with intense laser and matter, high temperature plasma, laser ion acceleration, hydrodynamic phenomena in astrophysics. Recently he has proposed a new concept“micro-bubble implosion” (Scientific Reports8, 7537(2018)) to generate ultrahigh field by using ultraintense ultrashort laser.The proton beams thus generated have high potential for a number of future applications such as cancer therapy, compact neutron sources, and fusion energy.