Research Specialty

Plasma Physics and Magnetic Confinement Fusion (Tokamaks and Stellarators) both experimentally and via numerical modelling, with emphasis on:

- Microwave Heating, Current Drive and Diagnostics

- Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities and their Control
 

Education

Ph.D. 2003, Experimental Physics, University of Greifswald (Germany)

"Laurea" 1998, Physics, University of Pisa (Italy)

Selected Awards, Honors and Fellowships

2012 Finalist at ISSNAF Young Investigator Award
2012 Torkil Jensen Award
2011 DOE Early Career Award
2010 Marquis Who's who in Science & Engineering 2011-12
2007 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) Fellowship
2003 Otto-Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck Gesellschaft (MPG)
2002 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission

Selected Publications

F. Volpe, L. Frassinetti, P.R. Brunsell, J.R. Drake and K.E.J. Olofsson, "Error Field Assessment from Driven Rotation of Stable External Kinks at Extrap-T2R Reverse Field Pinch," Nucl. Fusion 53 043018 (2013)

F. Volpe, M.E. Austin, G. Campbell and T. Deterly, "Oblique electron-cyclotron-emission radial and phase detector of rotating magnetic islands applied to alignment and modulation of electron-cyclotron-current-drive for neoclassical tearing mode stabilization," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 103507 (2012)

W.J. Capecchi, N. Behdad and F.A. Volpe, "Reverse Chromatic Aberration and its Numerical Optimization in Planar Metamaterial Lenses," Optics Express 20, 8761 (2012)

F. Volpe, J. Kessler, H. Ali, T.E. Evans and A. Punjabi, "Magnetic barriers and their q95 dependence at DIII-D," Nucl. Fusion 52 054017 (2012)

F. Volpe "A spinning mirror for fast angular scans of EBW emission for magnetic pitch profile measurements," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 81, 10D905 (2010)

F. Volpe "Analytical Solution of the O-X Mode Conversion Problem," Phys. Lett. A 374, 1737 (2010)

F. Volpe, M.E. Austin, R.J. La Haye, J. Lohr, R. Prater, E.J. Strait and A.S. Welander "Advanced techniques for neoclassical tearing mode control in DIII-D," Phys. Plasmas 16, 102502 (2009)

F. Volpe "Weakly relativistic dielectric tensor for arbitrary wavenumbers," Phys. Plasmas 14, 122105 (2007)

A. Mueck, L. Curchod, Y. Camenen, S. Coda, T.P. Goodman, H.P. Laqua, A. Pochelon, L. Porte, F. Volpe, TCV Team "Demonstration of Electron Bernstein Wave Heating in a Tokamak via O-X-B Double Mode Conversion," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 175004 (2007)

F. Volpe "Sensitivity of ITER ECRH Upper Launcher to Steering Errors and Changes of Profiles and Integration with Equatorial Launcher," Journal of Phys.: Conf. Series 25, 283 (2005)

H.P. Laqua, H. Maassberg, N. Marushchenko, F. Volpe, A. Weller, W7-AS Team, W. Kasparek and ECRH Group "Electron-Bernstein-Wave Current Drive in an Overdense Plasma at the Wendelstein 7-AS Stellarator," Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 75003 (2003)

F. Volpe, H.P. Laqua and the W7-AS Team "BXO mode-converted electron Bernstein emission diagnostic (invited)," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 74, 1409 (2003)