Mathias Hoppe

Since 2023 I work as assistant professor in fusion plasma physics at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and leads the group on fast electron physics. Aside from research, I'm also responsible for the course ED1100 Engineering Science (7,5 hp) and is the Director of Studies for 2nd cycle (masters level) degree projects in Electrical Engineering at EECS.

Research

I conduct research in fusion plasma physics, with a particular focus on the theory of fast electrons and tokamak disruptions. I am involved in various international collaborations, most notably the EUROfusion TSVV and WPTE programs, as well as the internal experimental program of TCV.

As part of my work, I maintain and develop a number of scientific codes, most notably:

• DREAM - disruption and runaway electron simulation framework
• STREAM - startup runaway electron simulation framework
• SOFT - synthetic synchrotron radiation diagnostic for tokamaks