“From Ignition on the National Ignition Facility to Fusion Energy on the Grid”
Dr. Debra (Debbie) Callahan is the co-lead for IFE Science at Focused Energy Inc. She joined Focused Energy after 35 years at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a physicist and associate division leader. She was part of the scientific leadership of the team that achieved ignition on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Laser.
“Applications of Pulsed Power and Innovation: A Historical Paradigm Shift of over 4 Decades”
Dr. Curry joined the Ipulse-Group (Albuquerque) in November 2024 as a Vice President of Technology Development. The company is focused on commercial pulsed power applications. Previously he was a distinguished member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories from 2021-2024. As a DMTS at SNL, he was a member of the ECSD Scorpius team, the next generation accelerator program being developed by LANL, LLNL, and SNL.
“Magnetically-driven High Energy Density Physics: Fundamentals, successes and building on collaborations”
Dr Simon Bott-Suzuki earned an M.Sc. in Chemical Physics and then a Ph.D. in Plasma Physics from the University of Sheffield in 1999 and 2004 respectively. His Ph.D. thesis concerned the experimental analysis and improvement of electrode emitter materials in deuterium lamps. He moved to Imperial College as a post-doctoral researcher in 2004 to work on experimental high energy density physics driven by pulsed power systems.
“A random walk through pulsed power and HV generator design with comments on pulsed power in small business and the application and advantages of resonant circuits”
Dr. Richard Adler is the President and founder of North Star High Voltage, and previously the co-founder of North Star Research (with R. Richter-Sand). Dr. Adler graduated with a BSc in Physics from the University of Alberta in 1976, and subsequently graduated with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in 1980. Read more ...
“Progress in High Temperature Plasma Research on the Optimized Stellarator Device Wendelstein 7-X”
Prof. Dr. Thomas Klinger, studied physics at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel. After a research period in France he obtained his PhD in 1994 with a thesis on non-linear plasma dynamics. As a research assistant at the University of Kiel, Klinger was concerned with drift wave turbulence and nonlinear plasma structures. As visiting scientist, he conducted research at the Alfvén Laboratory in Stockholm, the Centre de Physique Théorique and the Université Aix-Provence in Marseille and Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics in Garching.
“Inertial Fusion Energy Research and Development Efforts in the United States”
Dr. Kyle J. Peterson received his Bachelor degree from North Park University in 1998 and PhD degree from University of Tennessee in 2003. He is currently the senior manager for Strategic High Energy Density (HED) capabilities at Sandia National Laboratories.
“China's Energy Research for Fusion Applications”
Prof. Jianjun Deng received his Bachelor degree from Beijing Institute of Technology, Master degree from CAEP and Doctor degree from Tsinghua University respectively.