PhD candidate Francesco Sciortino works at the PSFC on plasma turbulence in tokamaks, with an emphasis on computational statistics and machine learning methods.
PSFC graduate student Lucio Milanese is one of four MIT students selected this year to pursue a master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Amanda Hubbard, principal research scientist at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), has been awarded a 2020 Secretary of Energy’s Appreciation Award.
Led by Prof. Mei Hong, senior research scientist at the PSFC's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Postdoctoral associate David Fischer's research focuses on observing ways irradiation damages the thin high-temperature superconductor tapes in the design of ARC, a fusion pilot plant concept.
A team led by MIT’s PSFC and MIT spinout company Commonwealth Fusion Systems, has developed and extensively tested an HTS cable technology that can be scaled and engineered into the high-performance magnets.