Puneet Varma (Editor)

Sibylle Günter

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Known for
  
tokamak plasmas

Alma mater
  
University of Rostock

Sibylle Günter wwwippmpgde3821897zoom1423227202jpg

Born
  
20 April 1964 (age 52)Rostock (
1964-04-20
)

Thesis
  
radiation from Dense plasma

Institutions
  
Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Interview mit prof dr sibylle g nter


Sibylle Günter (born 20 April 1964) is a German theoretical physicist researching tokamak plasmas. Since February 2011, she has headed the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. In October 2015, she was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in recognition of her contribution to research.

Contents

Interview with prof dr sibylle g nter


Biography

Born in Rostock, Günter matriculated from high school in 1982. She went on to study physics at the University of Rostock where she graduated in 1987 and earned a doctorate in 1990 with a dissertation on radiation from dense plasmas. After working as a research associate in the university's department of theoretical physics, she received her postdoctoral habilitation in 1996. Her work in Rostock was complemented by periods in the United States at the University of Maryland and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

In 1996, she joined the Tokamak Physics division of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching near Munich. In 2000, she was appointed director of the institute and head of Tokamak Physics coordinating research on the principles of a fusion plant designed to produce energy resulting from the fusion of light ions. In 2011, she became IPP's scientific director.

In October 2015, in view of her outstanding contribution to research, the Academia Europaea's board elected Sibylle Günter a member of the Academy.

Selected publications

  • Günter, S. et al.: Simultaneous attainment of high electron and ion temperatures in discharges with internal transport barriers in ASDEX Up-grade. In: Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 2000. S. 3097.
  • Günter, S. et al.: High confinement regime at high ßN values due to a changed behaviour of neoclassical tearing modes (NTMs). In: Phys. Rev. Lett. 2001. S. 275001.
  • Günter, S. et al.: Interaction of energetic particles with large and small scale instabilities. In: Nucl. Fus. 47, 2007. S. 920-928.
  • Günter, S. et al.: Three dimensional effects in tokamaks, Plasma Phys. Control. In: Fusion 40, 2008. S. 124004.
  • Lauber, P., Günter, S.: Damping and drive of low-frequency modes in tokamak plasmas. In: Nucl. Fus. 48, 2008. S. 084002.

    • Awards

    Günter has received the following awards:

  • 2013: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2015: Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering
  • 2015: Member of the Academia Europaea

    • References

    Sibylle Günter Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics