Hi. I'm Niek Lopes Cardozo and I'm heading the Fusion group.

I've been in fusion research for over 25 years. I've worked on diagnostics, transport, the topology of the magnetic field, fast electrons, plasma wall interaction, ... The past decade or so I was the head of the Dutch fusion research programme at FOM-Rijnhuizen. In June 2009 I moved to Eindhoven to start the fusion group.

Apart from my work at Eindhoven I'm involved in 'Fusion for Energy', the European organisation that will realise the European contribution to the ITER project.

Setting up the research and education programme on fusion at the TU/e is a new and fantastic challenge and opportunity for me. I look forward to meeting you in the G-wing of the physics building.

Hi, I' m Roger Jaspers, a fusion aficionado since I started my PhD in 1991. Presently, I combine my duties as group leader instrumentation development at the Fusion Division of FOM Rijnhuizen with the challenge to set up this new Fusion group at the TU/e. 

The largest part of my career I was stationed at the TEXTOR tokamak in Germany, with short visits to JET. Relativistic electrons, spectroscopy, transport and MHD are the main topics I was involved in there. My present research is concentrated around spectroscopic methods to diagnose the ion population in fusion plasmas, with special emphasis on fusion born (energetic) alpha particles. I am leading the scientific R&D of the instrumentation development of this CXRS system for ITER. Other research activities comprise the exploitation of imaging microwave cameras on Asdex-UG and Thomson Scattering on TEXTOR.

Hello. I'm Clazien Saris and I am the secretary of the Fusion group. So if you want to make an appointment or if you want to ask something or you need something, I am always willing to help you.

I have worked at Eindhoven University since 2003. Together with a colleague I ran the secretariat of the group Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter for the past six years. In May 2009 I was given the opportunity to set up the secretariat  of the new Fusion group, and I became very enthusiastic.

It is a great adventure to be part of this group from its very beginning and help build it from scratch. Everything is new. From the refurbishment of the G-wing, the computers (Macs instead of PC), to the 'electronic office' – very little paper indeed – and of course the colleagues. All in all a very stimulating experience.

Hi,  I am Jeroen Balm. Before joining the Fusion group I worked at Philips Lighting (1990-2009), where I assisted in the development of new light sources like the QL. I worked in several projects as technical assistant, making setups, doing lifetime and other measurements and calibrating the equipment. My favourite is the inductive coupled low-pressure lamp, the QL, and some more experiments in that field. But I also worked on energy-savers, lcd tv-backlighting and the Xenon car lights.
I like to be involved in a project, to add value from practical side. At the TU/e, I will assist building up the hands-on plasma lab and several other experiments for the Fusion group. As I am new here, I hope to quickly establish good relations with other experimental groups and support services. When everything is running, I hope that the students doing the experiments will be as enthousiastic as I am. I like to work in a project team, and this is a very challenging one.
Hope to meet you soon!

Hello! I’m Hans Oosterbeek and I am firmly in the hardware corner of fusion research. Over the last 20 years I worked on plasma diagnostics and plasma heating installations at several large fusion experiments. The novelty of this field is that it combines techniques ranging from mechanical engineering to microwave engineering and optics, with that of experimental plasma physics. And you are likely to get to work on the big experiments in a motivating international environment.

In the fusion group in Eindhoven I am working on setting up the plasma laboratory and the microwave research. In the lab we’ll have experiments that cover the fundamentals of confined plasmas and diagnostics. It all needs many hands (yours!?) to get it off the ground and running. In parallel there will collaborations with the large fusion experiments, e.g. on research items and diagnostic development. Clearly, here are also opportunities for good projects! Please do walk in to have a look, or to have a chat on the possibilities.