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SUMMARY:Finding your future in fusion
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DESCRIPTION:Watch the panel discussion via YouTube: https://youtu.be/mY5j
 sqafUH4?si=iJNtgFRyMbarHrie\n\nFusion experts who completed their PhDs a
 s part of the Fusion Power CDT to find out about life in fusion after po
 stgraduate studies and take part in an engaging panel session. This even
 t explored career opportunities for early career researchers and profess
 ionals to consider\, as well how a wide range of skills are required to 
 make the commercialisation of fusion energy a reality.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nL
 aura Wheatley - Laura is an Associate Fusion Engineer at the Internation
 al Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Laura has a background in Materials Scie
 nce from the University of Oxford and completed her DPhil on characteris
 ation of optimised Nb3Sn superconductors as part of the Fusion CDT progr
 amme in 2023. During her DPhil she interned at the Government Office of 
 Science\, led by Sir Patrick Vallance\, and wrote a report on the spillo
 ver benefits of fusion research in the United Kingdom. She came to work 
 for the IAEA in November 2023 as an Associate Energy Analyst\, where she
  looked at how nuclear energy is modelled in energy systems and addresse
 d the economics of projects producing hydrogen from existing nuclear pow
 er plants. After one year Laura moved to work as an Associate Fusion Eng
 ineer at the IAEA to focus on topics which encourage fusion technology d
 evelopment and deployment. Laura is engaging with topics such as\, codes
  and standards for fusion\, development of a database on technologies an
 d fuel cycles\, and supporting with the development of a fusion platform
  to facilitate awareness of fusion energy to all 180 IAEA member states.
 \n\nEmma Hume - Emma completed her PhD at University of York\, UK\, on f
 ast electron transport in ultra-intense laser interactions with nanowire
  targets as part of the Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training. She held a 
 postdoctoral research position at the Intense Laser Irradiation Laborato
 ry (ILIL)\, INO-CNR\, Italy focusing on studies of laser-plasma interact
 ions relevant to the direct drive and shock ignition variants of inertia
 l confinement fusion. This involved several experimental campaigns at na
 tional laboratories and collaboration with academia and private fusion c
 ompanies. Recently Emma has re-joined York as a postdoctoral research as
 sistant in experimental inertial fusion under UPLiFT\, a UK programme fo
 r ICF research.\n\nDr Emre Yildirim - Dr. Emre is an Assistant Chief Eng
 ineer at Tokamak Energy on the US DoE Fusion Pilot Plant Programme. This
  involves integration of the systems from the breeder blanket to the pow
 er generation set. He started with a BEng in Nuclear Engineering and has
  got on to get a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Manches
 ter on the Fusion CDT.\n\nStephen Biggs-Fox - Stephen is an Engineering 
 Analyst in the Simulation Research Group at the UK Atomic Energy Authori
 ty (UKAEA). Stephen's undergraduate degree was in physics\, after which 
 he worked for a mechanical and systems engineering consultancy\, before 
 working in scientific software development. Stephen then studied for an 
 MSc and PhD in plasma science and fusion energy at the University of Yor
 k where his thesis was on microturbulence in tokamak plasmas. Since join
 ing UKAEA in 2021\, Stephen has been leading the development of electrom
 agnetic engineering simulation capability in support of STEP and the wid
 er fusion industry. Stephen is also an industrial visiting academic at t
 he University of York.
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