Tünde Fülöp, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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30 Jan 2019

Professor Tünde Fülöp, of the Division of Subatomic and Plasma Physics at Chalmers University of Technology, and editorial board member of the Journal of Plasma Physics. Has been elected as a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The following text originally appeared on the website of Chalmers University of Technology.

Physicist elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

“I feel deeply honoured and I am looking forward to contributing to the important task of the Academy – to promote science and strengthen its role and influence in our society. It will also be interesting to exchange experiences and ideas with the other members,” says Tünde Fülöp, a Professor at the Department of Physics at Chalmers.

Tünde Fülöp is a theoretical plasma physicist and her research focus is magnetic fusion and laser-plasma accelerators. Plasma physics is a subfield of physics which brings together electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, wave-particle interaction, relativistic effects and subatomic physics. Applications range from cancer therapy and lightning initiation, to fusion devices for large scale energy production. Her research focus is set on plasma stability, impurity transport, runaway particles and radiation.

In addition to Tünde Fülöp, Stefan Kröll, Lund University, was elected new swedish members of the Academy’s Class for Physics in January 2019. At the same time Richard Brenner, Uppsala University and Klaus Blaum, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, were elected foreign members of the Academy's Class for Physics.

Text: Mia Halleröd Palmgren,