Seminars, Lectures and Outreach

Seminars, colloquia, guest lectures, panels and invited talks outside conferences.

25 seminars and colloquia
8 guest lectures
4 panels
16 invited and outreach talks
20264 talks
AugTalk
Hacia la Energía del Futuro: Realidades y Retos de la Fusión Nuclear

Mentalidad 10x, Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) · online · Aug 27, 2026

FebLecture
Present and Future of Fusion Energy: Why, What and How?

Business Technology Innovation undergraduate program, Boston University, Questrom School of Business · Boston (MA) · Feb 18, 2026

FebLecture
Present and Future of Fusion Energy: Why, What and How?

Technology & Strategy MBA program, Boston University, Questrom School of Business · Boston (MA) · Feb 9, 2026

JanSeminar
On the use of surrogate-based optimization to accelerate expensive plasma transport simulations

Fusion for Energy (F4E) · online · Jan 19, 2026

202511 talks
OctLecture
On the application of surrogate-based optimization techniques to solve complex physics problems in nuclear fusion research

HEC Montréal · Montreal (Canada) · Oct 2, 2025

SepSeminar
La energía de fusión: el porqué, el qué y el cómo

Fundación Innovación Bankinter · online · Sep 25, 2025

Video

SepSeminar
Lunch & Learn: An overview of the core plasma physics of SPARC

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, FEED Engineering · Somerville (MA) · Sep 24, 2025

JunSeminar
Core transport predictions of SPARC tokamak plasmas with flux-matched nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations

Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, CIEMAT · Madrid (Spain) · Jun 20, 2025

JunPanel
Role of AI and machine learning in plasma prediction and stability

“Where Ideas Meet Impact” Meeting, ENI · Milan (Italy) · Jun 17–18, 2025

JunSeminar
Core transport predictions of SPARC tokamak plasmas with flux-matched nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations

Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) · Garching (Germany) · Jun 13, 2025

JunPanel
On tokamaks, high-field path and the state of fusion performance predictions

Future Trends Forum: Fusion Forward, Fundación Innovación Bankinter · Madrid (Spain) · Jun 4–6, 2025

AprPanel
The Role of Theory and Computation in Fusion Power Plant Design

2025 Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference · New York City (NY) · Apr 7–9, 2025

MarSeminar
Core transport predictions of SPARC tokamak plasmas with flux-matched nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center · Cambridge (MA) · Mar 21, 2025

MarColloquium
Core transport predictions of SPARC tokamak plasmas with flux-matched nonlinear gyrokinetic simulations

Frontiers of Plasma Physics Colloquium, Journal of Plasma Physics · online · Mar 6, 2025

Video

JanSeminar
Enabling first-principles predictions of core performance in tokamaks with surrogate optimization techniques

Dartmouth College, Physics and Astronomy Department · Hanover (NH) · Jan 21, 2025

20244 talks
NovTalk
Present and future of fusion energy: MIT’s vision

Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB) · online · Nov 1, 2024

OctLecture
On the application of surrogate-based optimization techniques to solve complex physics problems in nuclear fusion research

Sample Efficient Optimization course, HEC Montréal · Montreal (Canada) · Oct 3, 2024

JunTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Frontiers of Innovation & Entrepreneurship workshop, MIT Sloan and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Jun 10, 2024

MarTalk
The promise of fusion energy at MIT

Fireside chat, Richi Innovation Camp · Cambridge (MA) · Mar 14, 2024

202310 talks
DecLecture
Predicting core performance in burning plasmas: from empirical models to nonlinear simulations

Course 22.016, Seminar in Fusion and Plasma Physics, MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering · Cambridge (MA) · Dec 13, 2023

SepSeminar
Enabling multi-channel profile predictions with nonlinear gyrokinetics via surrogate-based optimization techniques

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Computational Sciences Department · Princeton (NJ) · Sep 28, 2023

JulTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

UPM Tech Boston Program, Real Colegio Complutense and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · Cambridge (MA) · Jul 13, 2023

JunColloquium
Fusion energy at MIT: from empirical to first-principles understanding of burning plasmas

Plasma Physics Colloquium, Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT UAM/CSIC) · Madrid (Spain) · Jun 26, 2023

Announcement

JunLecture
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, cheaper, faster

Nuclear Science and Technology graduate program and Erasmus-Mundus SARENA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSII) · Madrid (Spain) · Jun 6, 2023

JunTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Frontiers of Innovation & Entrepreneurship workshop, MIT Sloan and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Jun 5, 2023

MarSeminar
Enabling first-principles predictions of core performance in tokamaks with surrogate optimization techniques

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center · Cambridge (MA) · Mar 3, 2023

Video

FebColloquium
Core transport and performance of burning plasmas in the SPARC tokamak

Plasma Physics Colloquium, Columbia University · New York (NY) · Feb 17, 2023

Announcement

JanSeminar
Energía de fusión en el MIT: El camino de los campos magnéticos de alta intensidad y el tokamak SPARC

University of Seville · Seville (Spain) · Jan 20, 2023

Video

JanColloquium
The high-field path to fusion energy and the SPARC tokamak

Colloquium Series, Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) · Barcelona (Spain) · Jan 13, 2023

Announcement

20228 talks
DecPanel
Contributions of Fusion Power to Global Climate Action

Counting Stars Workshop, Online Youth Council on Science, Law & Sustainability · online · Dec 15, 2022

Video · Announcement

SepColloquium
The high-field path to fusion energy and the SPARC tokamak

Physics Colloquium, Wesleyan University · Middletown (CT) · Sep 29, 2022

SepTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Workshop in International Economics and Global Civil Society, Harvard University and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Sep 28, 2022

AugLecture
Optimization projects for the advancement of fusion energy

Computational Physics School for Fusion Research (CPS-FR), Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge (MA) · Aug 22, 2022

Announcement

JulTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

International Master on Leadership in Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Jul 11, 2022

JunColloquium
The high-field path to fusion energy and the SPARC tokamak

Physics Colloquium, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) · Mexico City (Mexico) · Jun 1, 2022

Video · Announcement

AprVideo
Introduction to Fusion

Educational video, MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center · online · April 2022

Video

AprTalk
¿Qué es la energía de fusión? ¿Puede convertirse en una fuente alternativa de energía en los próximos años?

Becarios Knowledge Day, Fundación "la Caixa" · online · Apr 26, 2022

Video

20215 talks
OctSeminar
La promesa y los avances en energía de fusión en el MIT

Universidad Nacional de La Plata · La Plata (Buenos Aires) · Oct 15, 2021

Video

JunLecture
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, cheaper, faster

Nuclear Science and Technology graduate program and Erasmus-Mundus SARENA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSII) · Madrid (Spain) · Jun 28, 2021

Announcement

JunSeminar
Energía de fusión en el MIT: promesas y retos

Association of Spanish Scientists in Sweden (ACES) · online · Jun 16, 2021

Announcement

AprSeminar
Transport modeling and performance predictions for burning plasmas in the SPARC tokamak

Plasma Seminar, University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder (CO) · Apr 23, 2021

Announcement

JanSeminar
The SPARC tokamak: towards a burning plasma in this decade

Independent Activities Period (IAP), Plasma Physics Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge (MA) · Jan 15, 2021

Video

20202 talks
OctSeminar
Core transport model validation towards building the physics basis for the SPARC tokamak

Plasma Physics Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison (WI) · Oct 5, 2020

Announcement

OctColloquium
Predictions of core plasma performance for the SPARC tokamak

Frontiers of Plasma Physics Colloquium, Journal of Plasma Physics · online · Oct 1, 2020

20194 talks
DecTalk
Heating by Cooling: perturbing fusion plasmas to predict SPARC performance

Del Favero Prize Lecture, MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering · Cambridge (MA) · Dec 5, 2019

Announcement

SepSeminar
Integrated modeling and predict-first experiments of perturbative cold pulses in tokamak plasmas

Magnetic Fusion Science Seminar, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) · Princeton (NJ) · Sep 9, 2019

JunTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Call for Talent workshop, Fundación Universidad-Empresa and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Jun 27, 2019

JunTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Frontiers of Innovation & Entrepreneurship workshop, MIT Sloan and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Jun 25, 2019

20184 talks
NovTalk
Fusion Energy at MIT: Smaller, Cheaper, Faster

Call for Talent workshop, Fundación Universidad-Empresa and Rafael del Pino Foundation · Cambridge (MA) · Nov 29, 2018

AugSeminar
Validation of TGLF in steady-state and perturbative experiments

Fusion Seminar, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER) · Eindhoven (Netherlands) · Aug 14, 2018

AprSeminar
Understanding Cold-Pulse Dynamics in Tokamak Plasmas Using Local Turbulent Transport Models

DIII-D Friday Science Meeting, General Atomics · San Diego (CA) · Apr 27, 2018

MarTalk
Integrated modeling simulations answer 20-year-old question in fusion research

Graduate Research Expo, signature presentation, MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering · Cambridge (MA) · Mar 20, 2018

Announcement

20171 talk
JunTalk
Fusion energy: promise, challenges and perspectives

2nd Joint Meeting of Spanish Scientists in US · Cambridge (MA) · Jun 5, 2017