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2003- KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Plasma Physics, senior research fellow
2002-2003 KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Plasma Physics, research fellow
2002 University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Degree: PhD (summa cum laude)
1998-2001 Doctorate School in Physics,
University of Szeged (SZTE), Szeged, Hungary
PhD Studies, University of Szeged, Hungary in collaboration with
MTA KFKI - Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics
1996-1997 Babes-Bolyai University, Department of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Degree: Master of Science in Physics
1992-1996 Babes-Bolyai University, Department of Physics, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Physics and Physics Teaching
Research topic:
Plasma physics,
pellet plasma interactions,
runaway electron generation during plasma shut-down by pellet and gas injection,
disruption mitigation,
ELM mitigation
Integrated Tokamak Modelling
Research experience:
2009- Culham Scince Centre, Abingdon, UK
JET experiment continuous, in all 6 weeks)
2008 CEA Departement de Recherches sur la Fusion Controlee,
Cadarache, France, Tore Supra Experiment (1 week)
2005- Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Radio and Space Science Department (continuous, in all 7 month)
2004 Max Planck Insitut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany
W7-AS Experiment (4 weeks)
2002- Max-Planck-Insitut für Plasmaphysik, Garching bei München, Germany
ASDEX Upgrade Experiment (continuous, in all 8 month)
ASDEX Upgrade Team (team of the second largest fusion device in Europe)
ITPA Edge Pedestal Group (group of experts providing background for ITER designers
ITM Task Force of EFDA (contact person for EURATOM/HAS)
Editorial board of Central European Journal of Physics
2004 International Conference prize of HAS for young scientists
2001-2002 Centre of Excellence stipendium
KFKI Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Bp, Hungary.
2002 Young Scientist Scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
(KFKI RMKI)
1998-2001 Young Scientist Scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
(SZTE) , PhD sholarship
1997 Young Scientist Scholarship of the Hungarian Ministry of Education
2009 Spring semester: Introduction into fusion plasma physics,
Roland Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
2008 SUMTRAIC 2008, experimental plasma physics summer course,
Budapest, Hungary, invited lecture
2007 Spring semester: Introduction into fusion plasma physics,
Roland Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
2006 Spring semester: Introduction into fusion plasma physics,
Roland Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
2000-2001 Laboratory practices for pharmacy students
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Ongoing projects
Tamás Fehér, (from 2006),
Max Planck Insitut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany and
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Swden
Modeling the interaction of impurity doped deuterium pellets and hot plasmas,
Licentiate thesis at Chalmers University of Technology,
expected defense 2011
MTA KFKI RMKI, Hungary
Interaction of carbon doped deuterium pellet and hot plasmas
diploma work (2008)
Roland Eotvos University, Hungary,
On carbon doped pellet ablation and cloud expansion,
undergraduate research project
National Scientific Conference for Students in spring 2007
Gábor Molnár, (from 2007),
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary,
Particle transport due to pellet injection,
diploma work
Viktória Csajbók, (from 2007),
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary,
Statistical analysis of pellet penetration depth,
undergraduate project (for National Scientific Conference for Students),
Béla Lovász, (from 2009),
Roland Eotvos University, Hungary,
Pellet penetration depth dependence on the magnetic field strength
undergraduate project
Finished projects:
Michael König (2005),
Technischen Universität Wien, Wien, Austria,
Edge Gradient Stiffness Under Extreme Particles Flux,
undergraduate project at IPP Garching
Alexandra Tischner (2005),
Technischen Universität Wien, Wien Austria,
Comparison of the cryogenic deuterium process in ASDEX-upgrade with pellet simulation codes,
undergraduate project at IPP Garching
Personal
1973.11.04, Targu Mures (Marosvásárhely) , Romania
Hungarian (mother tongue), English (fluent), Romanian (fluent) , German (basic)