Ikkoh Funaki

Ikkoh Funaki received the B.S. degree in MHD flow of a magnetoplasmadynamic arcjet from Department of Aeronautics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in 1990, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in MHD flow of a magnetoplasmadynamic arcjet from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1992 and 1995, respectively. From 1995 and 2001, he was a part-time Lecturer, then a Research Associate with the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, where he engaged himself to develop the microwave discharge ion engines. In 2001, he was a Lecturer with the University of Tsukuba, Japan. In 2003, he was with the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, where he was an Associate Professor. He is currently a Professor. His research interests include electric and other advanced spacecraft propulsion systems, plasma application in space, and space plasma physics.