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Sciortino atop mountain in yellow jack, blue skies

March 2, 2023

Francesco Sciortino receives Piovesan Study Award

Recent MIT graduate Francesco Sciortino (MIT PhD’21) has been honored with the 2022 Piovesan Award for the best PhD thesis in "physics of controlled fusion."

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May 6, 2022

New leadership team launches a revisioning of the future of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Five from Center assume new duties to support the growth of collaborations, research, and education at MIT

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September 2, 2021

Negative triangularity - a positive for tokamak fusion reactors

MIT researchers have teamed with the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne to learn more about plasma edge dynamics and power and particle exhaust properties.

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences

December 18, 2020

Three Questions: Francesco Sciortino on his HTPD invited talk

PhD candidate Francesco Sciortino works at the PSFC on plasma turbulence in tokamaks, with an emphasis on computational statistics and machine learning methods.

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December 14, 2018

Francesco Sciortino: Organizing the scientific life

Physics grad student Francesco Sciortino is exploring turbulence in fusion plasmas and is engaged in creating opportunities for colleagues, students, and the general public to learn about the benefits of fusion research to a world that will be demanding more and more sources of reliable energy.

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Francesco Sciortino receives Piovesan Study Award

New leadership team launches a revisioning of the future of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Negative triangularity - a positive for tokamak fusion reactors

Three Questions: Francesco Sciortino on his HTPD invited talk

Francesco Sciortino: Organizing the scientific life

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