PPPL physicist Stefano Munaretto (Photo by Elle Starkman, image courtesy of Kiran Sudarsanan) Stefano Munaretto Title Research Physicist Email [email protected] Bio/Description Stefano Munaretto is a Research Physicist of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and is in charge of the magnetic diagnostic system of NSTX-U. Stefano obtained a Master in Physics in 2008 with a thesis about “devices for the injection of pellets and measurement of the safety factor in magnetically confined plasmas” and a PhD in Fusion Science and Engineering in 2012 on “first wall conditioning and plasma edge studies in RFP and tokamak devices” both from the University of Padova, Italy. He has been research associate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from 2012 to 2016 working on control of 3D magnetic fields and their application on the Madison Symmetric Torus device both in RFP and tokamak configuration. From 2017 to 2020 he was a scientist with General Atomics studying MHD with a particular focus on plasma response to applied 3D magnetic perturbations in DIII-D and maintaining the DIII-D magnetic diagnostic system. Since he joined PPPL in 2021, he is leading research efforts on 3D magnetic fields and magnetic diagnostic systems on several domestic and international devices. Selected Publications ORCID Related News A new and unique fusion reactor comes together with PPPL's contributions Using artificial intelligence to speed up and improve the most computationally intensive aspects of plasma physics in fusion National fusion laboratory expands reach to create fusion and counter climate change PPPL awarded more than $12 million to accelerate research in fusion energy science PPPL physicist wins awards for two fusion projects