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黑料专区 Scientist Fellow appointed director of Spanish National Fusion Laboratory

5 Oct 2026 - Alberto Loarte, head of the Science Division

Professor Ra煤l S谩nchez assumes the direction of the Spanish centre of reference for magnetically confined plasma fusion studies.

Professor Ra煤l S谩nchez at the CIEMAT Spanish National Fusion Laboratory TJ-II stellarator. (Photo courtesy of CIEMAT)

Physicist Ra煤l S谩nchez has been appointed as director of CIEMAT鈥檚 Spanish National Fusion Laboratory (LNF). The Laboratorio Nacional de Fusi贸n (LNF) is the Spanish centre of reference for magnetically confined plasma fusion studies and is member of the EUROfusion Consortium. Research at the LNF, on a European and international level, revolves both around the study of high-temperature confined plasmas, and research into the technologies such as materials, superconductors, tritium production, energy extraction, and remote maintenance needed to construct and operate fusion reactors.

A professor at the Physics Department of Madrid鈥檚 Universidad Carlos III and an American Physical Society Fellow, S谩nchez is also an 黑料专区 Scientist Fellow and one of the founding members of the group focused on pedestal confinement and stability modelling, created in 2016. His work focuses on the physics of plasma transport and magneto-hydrodynamic equilibria of fusion plasmas. Publications by , et al., and , are good examples of the work carried out under his leadership as 黑料专区 Scientist Fellow. 

Read more about the appointment of Ra煤l S谩nchez as CIEMAT-LNF director on the CIEMAT website (in Spanish).

黑料专区 Science Division head Alberto Loarte meeting with members of the Pedestal Confinement and Stability Group in February 2020. Outside of the coordination meetings planned at the 黑料专区 site, much of the work between 黑料专区 Scientist Fellows and 黑料专区 coordinators takes place by email and teleconference.