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Wolfgang Biel obtained his degree in Physics in 1991 and his PhD in Physical Science in 1996 from Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany. His PhD work involved experimental studies and modeling of macroscopic oscillations in neutral particle behavior in magnetized hydrogen arc discharge. In 1997, he accepted a position at the Institute of Plasma Physics Research Centre in Juelich, Germany, where his work centered on the development and application of vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectroscopy for the TEXTOR tokamak. Based on these studies, he developed and tested the HEXOS VUV spectrometer system for the new stellarator Wendelstein 7-X and contributed to the optical design of VUV spectroscopy for ITER. From 2006 to 2013, he led the ITER CXRS diagnostic development in Juelich, funded by the German National Funding. He coordinated the TEC main topic group “Diagnostic Heating” for the TEXTOR tokamak from 2006 to 2012, and in 2010, he became the project leader in Juelich for the development of the DEMO fusion reactor. In 2014, he was appointed as the EUROfusion work package leader in the fusion technology department for the “DEMO diagnostic control” topic. He has been a member of the Technical Advisory Panel for Fusion Energy (F4E) since 2013 and joined the Governing Board of F4E in 2021. Currently, Wolfgang Biel is a visiting professor at Ghent University in the Department of Applied Physics, where he coordinates lectures on Fusion Technology and contributes to the supervision of Master and PhD students.
Ghent University • Ghent, Belgium
Coordinates lectures on Fusion Technology and contributes to the supervision of Master and PhD students.