Minh Quang Tran - Curriculum vitae#

Biographical Information:

• Born on 1951 in Saigon
• Diploma in Physics Engineering (Ingénieur Physicien), EPFL, 1973
• Ph.D., Physics, EPFL, Switzerland, 1977
• Assistant Research Physicist and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977-1979
• Group Leader CRPP, 1979-1993
• Adjunct Professor (Professeur titulaire), EPFL, 1992
• Professor of Plasma Physics, School of Basic Science, EPFL, 1997
• Deputy Director of CRPP, 1993-1999, 1999-Sept 2014: Director General of CRPP, EPFL and Head of Research Unit of the Association Euratom-Swiss Confederation
• "EFDA Leader" responsible for joint European activities in the field of fusion, 2003-2006
• Director of the Institute for Physics of Energy and Particle (IPEP) 2003-end of 2013
• Vice President of the Swiss Physical Society from September 2013 to July 2014. July 2014: President of the Swiss Physical Society
• Project Leader of the Heating and Current Drive for DEMO in the frame of the European Consortium EUROfusion
• December 2014: Vice Chair of Commission C16 (Plasma Physics) of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics

• Heating of fusion plasma; Technology (electron cyclotron heating, material science, superconductivity) for fusion reactors (ITER, DEMO)

• Bachelor courses: General Physics II, 4 + 2 h/week, (spring 2010-2013), General Physics III, 4 + 2 h/week, (fall 2006-2013), General Physics IV, 2h +1h/week, (spring 2007-2009) for Mathematics students
• Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics for EPFL-ETHZ Master in Nuclear Engineering, MA1, 2+2 h/week (shared with A. Fasoli), fall 2009-13
• 2 courses (2 + 2 hours) on electron cyclotron and neutral beam heating in the frame of the CRPP Graduate courses, spring 2013 and fall 2014

• About 123 peer reviewed publications, 11420 citations, h-index: 22

• Invited paper at the Symposium on Fusion Technology September 2014 on Heating and Ctrrent Drive of DEMO
• World Energy Conference in Daegu (Korea), 2013. Discussion leader in the session ”Fusion: Betting on a different future”
• 15th International Conference on Fusion Research on Materials, Charleston-USA, 2011: DEMO goals and needs for materials (Plenary talk)
• 25th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Rostock 2008: Vision for DEMO (Invited talk)
• 8th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, 2007, DEMO Strategies (Plenary keynote talk)
• 12th International Conference on Fusion Research on Materials, Santa Barbara -USA, 2005: Material science and technology in the roadmap towards a fusion reactor (Opening Plenary talk)

• Elected member of the Academia Europaea (2011), of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Science (2005) and Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004)

• Member of the Physics Doctoral School Committee, of the Selection Committee for the EPFL PhD Prize, of the Physics Strategic Committee (till end of 2013) and of the Master of Nuclear Engineering Advisory Committee
• President of the Swiss Physical Society (2014)
• Co editor with Alberti S., and Whaley D.R of the Thirteenth Special Issue on High-Power Microwave Generation, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Vol. 38 Issue 6 (2010)
• Co editor with Lackner K. and Kikuchi M. of a two volumes book on fusion physics and technology to be published by IAEA. The first volume was published in 2012 by the IAEA under the title “Fusion Physics”
• Chairman of the Euratom Science and Technology Advisory Committee (2006-2007)
• Chairman of the Technology Advisory Panel of the European Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy (F4E) (2007-2011)
• Member of the ITER Science and Technology Advisory Panel (2007-2011) and its Vice Chair (2010-2011)
• Member of the Board of the European Power Plant Physics and Technology Programme until end of 2013
• Swiss delegate to the Consultative Committee Euratom –Fusion and the Governing Board of Fusion for Energy Until September 2014
• Member of the International Energy Agency Fusion Power Coordinating Committee. Elected Vice Chair for 2012-until September 2014
• Member of the “Core Group” of the Max Planck Society for the selection of Max Planck Directors in the field of fusion
• Chair or member of European panels, covering science and technology, management and strategy (European fusion programme roadmap beyond ITER)
• Member of International Advisory Panels of international conferences and symposia (e.g International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology 2013, International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials 2013)