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