In the Media

Participation in news article (March 2024, Written Press):
Fusão nuclear promete revolucionar transição energética“, Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese).

Interview (February 2024, TV/Video):
Atmosféricos” – Live News interview for TVG (in Galician).

Participation in podcast (July 2023, TV/Video):
MIT Professor Explains Nuclear Fusion in 5 Levels of Difficulty” – WIRED 5-level video series.

Interview (March 2023, Radio/Podcast):
Fusión nuclear Con Pablo Rodríguez“, Bankinter Foundation (in Spanish).

Participation in documentary (February 2023, TV/Video):
Capítulo 1: Del petróleo a las estrellas” – RTVE (in Spanish).

Interview (February 2023, Radio/Podcast):
Capítulo 1: Del petróleo a las estrellas“, Podcast 10.000 días, RTVE (in Spanish).

Interview (January 2023, TV/Video):
Objetivo Planeta: Fusión Nuclear” – Canal 24h RTVE (in Spanish).

Interview (January 2023, TV/Video):
Presentación documental 10,000 días” (time stamp: 1:19:00) – RTVE (in Spanish).

Interview (January 2023, Written Press):
El genio de la energía infinita“, ABC – XL Semanal (in Spanish).
– Follow-up articles: Hispanidad (in Spanish)

Participation in news article (December 2022, Written Press):
Todos los ‘soles artificiales’ repartidos por el mundo: ¿Cuándo tendremos un reactor de fusión comercial?“, ABC Ciencia (in Spanish).

Participation in news article (December 2022, Written Press):
Hito histórico de EEUU en fusión nuclear: qué falta ahora para tener energía inagotable“, El Confidencial (in Spanish).

Interview (October 2022, Written Press):
El español del MIT que predice energía verde e ilimitada en 2035: así será la fusión nuclear“, El Confidencial (in Spanish).

Interview (September 2022, Written Press):
El joven ingeniero de Vallecas que encandila al MIT y a Forbes con sus avances en fusión nuclear“, El Español (in Spanish).

Interview (September 2022, Written Press):
Featured Voices – Pablo Rodríguez Fernández“, Foro Nuclear (in Spanish & English).

Participation in news article (September 2022, Written Press):
El sueño de la energía ‘ilimitada’ por fusión nuclear, cada vez más cerca: ‘Llegará en 20 años’“, El Español (in Spanish).

Participation in news article (January 2022, Written Press):
Todo el mundo quiere tener su propio Sol“, ABC – XL Semanal (in Spanish).

Interview (October 2021, Radio/Podcast):
La fusión nuclear, cada vez más cerca“, Fallo de Sistema, Radio3 RTVE (in Spanish).

Interview (September 2021, Written Press):
Pablo Rodríguez Fernández, científico e investigador en el Centro de Ciencia de Plasmas y Fusión del Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT)“, Nucleares por el Mundo, Sociedad Nuclear Española (in Spanish).

Interview (March 2021, Written Press):
«Las aptitudes y formas de resolver problemas que se ganan en la universidad son primordiales»- Pablo Rodríguez“, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (in Spanish).

Interview (February 2021, Radio/Podcast):
Afinando los sentidos: Pablo Rodríguez-Fernández, investigador del MIT“, Onda Cero (in Spanish).

Interview (January 2021, Written Press):
Un científico madrileño en busca de la energía del futuro“, El Mundo (in Spanish).

Interview (January 2021, Radio/Podcast):
Ágora – “Fusión Nuclear”, Aragón Radio (in Spanish).

Fusion Outreach (January 2021, TV/Video):
El sol artificial chino se pone en marcha” – Date un Vlog, YouTube (in Spanish).

Media coverage associated with my appointment as Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree (December 2020, Written Press):
– Main: “Pablo Rodriguez Fernandez”, Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 Science
– Follow-up articles: Forbes España (in Spanish), MIT Alumni News, PSFC News, NSE News.

Interview (October 2020, Written Press):
“Pablo Rodríguez, investigador en el MIT: «Es posible tener una planta piloto de fusión nuclear en 15 años»”, 20minutos (in Spanish).

Media coverage associated with our release of the SPARC physics basis (Sep/Oct 2020):
– Main press: The New York Times, MIT NewsCambridge U. Press, Cambridge Press (Creely), Cambridge Press (Rodriguez-Fernandez), CFS, The Hill (Greenwald).
– Follow-up articles: The Washington Post, Daily Mail, UPI20minutos (in Spanish), Xataka (in Spanish), EuropaPress (in Spanish), Clarín (in Spanish), Popular Mechanics, Phys.org, Futura (in French), Folha S. Paulo (in Portuguese), Wired (in Italian), WinFuture (in German), Live Science, ZME, InfoBae (in Spanish), …
– More info: Blog Post
– For fun: Defector
– TV mentions: KUSI, Stephen Colbert

Press releases associated with my Ph.D thesis work and ‘Del Favero’ prize (November 2019, Written Press):
– Main press: “Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez resolves a fusion paradox to receive Del Favero Prize”, MIT News.
– Re-published by PSFC News and NSE News.
– Picked-up by ​Phys.org.
– Highlighted by DoE Office of Science homepage.

Fusion & MIT Outreach (October 2019, TV/Video):
“Madrileños por el Mundo – Boston”, Telemadrid (min: 24:30) (in Spanish).
– Featured as “Best moment”: Visitamos la Universidad de Harvard y el MIT (in Spanish).

Article about the ‘Young Engineer’ award (July 2018, Written Press):
“Elena Salgado, Miguel Holgado y Pablo Rodríguez reciben los premios alumni de la Escuela”, ETSII-UPM News (in Spanish)

Interview (May 2018, Radio/Podcast):
“Buenos Días Madrid”, Onda Madrid Radio, Indagando TV (in Spanish).

Fusion & MIT Outreach (May 2018, TV/Video):
El laboratorio del futuro, La Sexta (min: 12:40) (in Spanish).
– Featured as “Best moment”: ¿Lograremos crear un sol en la tierra? (in Spanish).

Interview (April 2018, Written Press):
“De Vallecas al MIT: el ingeniero que ha demostrado una hipótesis de hace 20 años”, Xataka (in Spanish).
– Picked-up by ​​ETSII (in Spanish).

Press releases associated with my article in Physical Review Letters (February 2018, Written Press):
– Main press: “Integrated simulations answer 20-year-old question in fusion research”, MIT News
– Re-published by PSFC News and NSE News.
– Picked-up by ITER News and The Energy Collective.
– Follow-up articles in Spanish by Actualidad GadgetEuropaPress, Tribuna, Xataka, Heraldo, …

Short Mentions in Newsletters and Outreach

NSE News 2018, 2018 NSE Graduate Research Expo.

ETSII-UPM News 2017Fusion nuclear, su linea de investigación de doctorado en el MIT, Tres generaciones en el MIT.

MIT 2016, part of MIT Campaign for a Better World promotional video (1:08).

PSFC & MIT News 2016, Magnet races and neon sword, High-intensity fusion, Fusion outreach ignites in spring.

ETSII-UPM News 2016, Acto de Entrega de Diplomas.

ETSII-UPM News 2011, Un comienzo brillante.


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