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New job offer: we are hiring!

In the framework of the study “MSP/23-03: PHYSW7X“, we are looking for a System & Development Engineer, holder of Master degree in Energy systems (M/F/X)See here for the detailed job description. 📨 Only applications via email will be considered! So follow the application process in the job description carefully, we can’t wait to hear from […]

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Visit of the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy to the Wendelstein 7-X Stellarator

On September 2nd the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Major General An-Roos De Potter, visited IPP Greifswald to see the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator and the ICRF antenna designed, installed and exploited by LPP-ERM/KMS. She was accompanied by the director of academic education (DEAO), Colonel Van Gyseghem. They were welcomed by several representatives of the Max […]

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RFPPC2025 – Strong representation of LPP!

The 25th Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas was organised between May 19 and May 22 in the beautiful Schloss Hohenkammer in Germany. A strong delegation of LPP members was there: 2 invited talks were given by Pierre Dumortier and Philippe Lamalle, and 7 posters were presented by our team. Pictures: (c) Helmut Faugel

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LPP-ERM/KMS organised the 50th GA of EUROfusion in Brussels

On April 23 and 24, 2025, LPP-ERM/KMS hosted the 50th General Assembly of EUROfusion at the Club Prince Albert in Brussels. The EUROfusion consortium funds research among its members (in 26 EU member states) on the basis of the “European roadmap to fusion energy” as a joint program under Euratom Horizon Europe. Almost all the […]

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New job offer: we are hiring!

In the framework of the study MinICPED (“Minimization of Ion Cyclotron Parasitic Edge Dissipation”), we are looking for a full-time researcher in plasma physics with a PhD degree in plasma physics. This offer has expired.

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PET-20 Conference 2025

The 20th International Workshop on Plasma Edge Theory in Fusion Devices (PET-20) is organized by the KU Leuven, Ghent University and LPP ERM/LMS. It will be held from Tuesday September 23 to Friday September 26, 2025, at KU Leuven, Leuven. The workshop will reflect the present status of the theory of the edge region in […]

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A new Doctor in Science in LPP!

On Thursday 10 October 2024, Johan Buermans brilliantly defended his Phd thesis and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering Physics (UGent) and Doctor of Engineering Sciences (RMA). This work is a joint UGent-RMA doctorate performed under the supervision of Prof. Kristel CrombĂ© (UGent, LPP) and Prof. Michael Van Schoor (RMA, LPP). The title […]

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Belgian Fusion Day 2024

The next Belgian Fusion Day will take place on Friday 18 October 2024 from 08:30 to 18:30 in the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels. For more information and registration please consult the website https://bfd2024.ulb.be/.

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LPP contributed to a new publication on the physics of D-T plasmas in nature communications

LPP members Yevgen Kazakov and Jef Ongena collaborated to a new article on Deuterium-Tritium plasma physics published in September 2024 in the prestigious journal “Nature Communications”. The paper is called Stable Deuterium-Tritium plasmas with improved confinement in the presence of energetic-ion instabilities and is available in open-access from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52182-z.

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