Teaching and Supervision
Persons that I supervised or co-supervised are listed in the following.Postdocs
Non-linear simulation of plasma core instabilities with extended full MHD models. Postdoctoral Researcher (since 08/2023)
Non-linear MHD modelling of stellarator fusion plasmas with a focus on soft beta limits. Postdoctoral Researcher (since 04/2023). EUROfusion Researcher Grant 01/2024–12/2025
Quantitative validation of non-linear shattered pellet injection simulations against ASDEX Upgrade experiments. Postdoctoral Researcher (since 08/2022)
Simulations of vertical plasma instabilities and runaway electron loads in EU-DEMO. Postdoctoral Researcher (since 05/2022)
Predictive simulations ELMy, ELM-free and small-ELM regimes in tokamak plasmas. Postdoctoral Researcher (since 5/2021). EUROfusion Researcher Grant 03/2022–02/2024
Predictive simulations for VDEs and disruptions. Postdoctoral Researcher (4/2021 till 12/2021).
Kinetic Runaway Electron dynamics interacting with MHD fields. Postdoctoral Researcher (1/2021 till 01/2023).
Code and numerics developments in the JOREK non-linear MHD code. Postdoctoral Researcher (9/2019 till 6/2021). – co-funded position of Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and Max Planck Computing and Data Facility (MPCDF)
Non-linear simulations of natural and mitigated disruptions including Runaway Electron dynamics. Postdoctoral Researcher (10/2016 till 12/2022). EUROfusion Researcher Grant 2018/2019. ITER Research Project 9/2020—12/2022.
Non-linear simulations of internal plasma instabilities. Postdoctoral Researcher (1/2018 till 09/2018)
ELM dynamics and ELM control by RMPs: towards quantitative comparisons of non-linear modeling with experiments. Postdoctoral Researcher (02/2015 till 12/2017). EUROfusion Researcher Grant 2016/17.
PhD Students
3D plasma 3D wall modelling of halo currents and electro-magnetic disruption forces (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing). Jointly funded by Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and ITER Organisation.
Non-linear simulations of the stellarator plasma response to pellet injection (working title). University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany (ongoing). – co-supervision
3D hybrid kinetic-fluid modelling of runaway electrons and disruptions (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing). PhD student with CSC Fellowship 2023-2026.
Hybrid kinetic-fluid modelling of energetic particle interactions with fusion plasmas (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing).
Non-linear modelling of pedestal instabilities in tokamak fusion plasmas (working title). Guest PhD student with CSC Fellowship 2022-2024.
Hybrid kinetic-fluid modelling of relativistic electrons and resulting wall loads in tokamak disruptions (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing).
Simulations of the plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbation fields (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing).
Non-linear magneto-hydrodynamic simulations of hot and mitigated vertical displacement events and validation against experiments in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (submitted).
Non-linear simulations of the interaction of pre-existing magnetic islands in tokamak plasmas with massive deuterium injection for disruption mitigation. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 2023). online at Technical University Munich
Equilibrium and initial value problem simulation studies of nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics in stellarators. Technical University Munich, Germany (finished 2022). online as IPP Report 2022-11
Models and methods for nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic simulations of stellarators. Technical University Munich, Germany (finished 2021). online as IPP Report 2021-20
Non-linear magnetohydrodynamic simulations of edge localised modes (ELMs). Technical University Munich, Germany (finished 2021). online as IPP Report 2021-14
Free-boundary simulations of MHD plasma instabilities in tokamaks. Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France (finished 12/2018). [Document at Aix-Marseille University] – co-supervision
3D Nonlinear Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Macroscopic Internal Instabilities in Tokamak Plasmas. Technical University Munich, Germany (finished 08/2017). [Document at TU Munich] – co-supervision
Master Students
GPU porting of the sparse matrix construction of the JOREK non-linear MHD code (working title). Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland (ongoing).
Detachment and burn-through in small-ELM regimes (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing).
Simulations of the plasma interaction with impurity puffing, scrape-off layer and divertor (working title). Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (ongoing).
Simulations of Argon massive gas injection triggered runaway electron formation in ASDEX Upgrade (working title). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany (ongoing).
Implementing and testing source terms for kinetic 3D simulations of runaway electrons in tokamak plasmas (working title). Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (ongoing).
Simulating the dynamics of deuterium and impurity puffing in a tokamak plasma towards the formation of an X-point radiator. Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (finished 10/2023). master thesis online at TU/e
Studies of Collision Operators and Applications in Tokamak Plasmas. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 02/2023). master thesis as IPP report. Primary supervisor: Zhixin Lu.
Numerical simulations of the access to QH-Mode in ASDEX Upgrade. Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (finished 08/2022). master thesis online at TU/e
Hybrid MHD-kinetic simulations of energetic particle driven instabilities in JOREK: development and applications. Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (finished 07/2022). master thesis online at TU/e
Non-linear simulations of the penetration of error fields into tokamak plasmas. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 07/2021). master thesis online as IPP Report 2021-16. FuseNet Master Thesis Prize 2022
Vertical Displacement Events in ASDEX Upgrade. University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (finished 11/2020). master thesis online as IPP Report 2020-14
Non-linear MHD simulation of mode locking and disruption onset in tokamaks. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 05/2019).
Non-Linear reduced MHD Simulations of Edge-Localized Modes in Realistic ASDEX Upgrade Geometry. Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (finished 09/2012).
Bachelor Students
Dynamic of supra-thermal ions during edge localized mode crashes in tokamak plasmas. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 10/2020).
Anisotroper Wärmetransport in nicht-linearen MHD-Simulationen. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 08/2019).
Instabilitäten am Rand von Tokamak H-mode Plasmen in Gegenwart lokalisierter Störungen. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 08/2018).
Effects of 3D Error Fields on Particle Transport in Tokamak Plasmas. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany (finished 08/2018).
Towards the self-consistent implementation of active and passive coils for non-linear magnetohydrodynamic simulations of tokamak plasmas. Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (finished 07/2017)
Working Students and Interns
Till Wagner (2024, 8 months, part time)
Bas Slotema (2023/24, 3 months)
Bridget McGibbon (2023, 3 months)
Yu-Chih Liang (2023, 3 months)
Michail Marios Skyllas (2022, 3 months)
Hannah Roettgen (2022, 2 months)
Johannes Reinking (2022, 4.5 months)
Bohdan Glisevic (2022, 1.5 months)
Hassan Moussawi (2022, 6 months)
Hugo Corvoysier (2022, 4 months)
Nassim Maaziz (2021, 3 months)
Maxwell Rosen (2021, 6 months; primary supervisor: Zhixin Lu)
Lana Rekhviashvili (2021, 2 months; primary supervisor: Zhixin Lu)
Richard Nies (2019, 3 months)
Lukas Krumpeck (2018/2019, 3 months, part time)
Andrea Alejandra Gonzalez Galvan (2018, 6 weeks)
Richard Nies (2018, 2 months)
Fabian Wieschollek (2018, 2 months)
Gerard Oosterwegel (2017, 2 months)
Nina Schwarz (2017, 2 months)
Derya Taray (2014-2016, 12 months in part time)
Nina Wenke (2013, 3 months)
Christian Meggle (2011, 6 weeks)
Isabel Krebs (2010, 2 months)
Gerd Meisl (2009, 6 weeks)
Lectures and Tutorials
Occasional substitutions for plasma physics lecture given by S. Günter / P. Lauber. Technical University Munich (since 2009).
Various undergraduate and graduate practicals. Technical University Munich (2008-2009).
Visitor tours including an introduction to plasma physics and fusion research. IPP Garching (2007-2009).
Robotics courses for school students. TUMlab, Technical University Munich (2008).
(c) 2012–2024 Matthias Hoelzl, Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Boltzmannstr. 2, 85748 Garching b. M., Germany.
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