Gianfranco Federici

Gianfranco Federici

Programme Manager at EUROfusion Consortium. Germany

Gianfranco guides from the beginning of 2025 the EUROfusion Consortium that implements the European’s R&D roadmap to the Realisation of Fusion Energy (€200 Million per year). With 35 years of experience in fusion reactor design and fusion enabling technology developments he is renowned and well connected with leaders and/or managers of key public-funded fusion organizations and projects in Europe and outside and with industrial companies and private investors. He holds degrees in nuclear engineering from the Polytechnic of Milan and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). He’s the recipient of several scientific and management awards.

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Gianfranco Federici: Closing the Technology Gaps to Make Fusion Energy a Reality

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