People

Principal Investigator

Nelson C. Lopes — Principal Investigator
Researcher at the Grupo de Lasers e Plasmas (GoLP),
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN), Instituto Superior Técnico

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PhD Students

• Carolina Amoedo
  Development of discharge plasma sources (DPS) for the AWAKE experiment at CERN
  (2021–2026)

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MSc Students

• Diogo Lemos
  Thermally controlled gas cell development for laser wakefield accelerators at IST
  (2023–2026)

• Miguel Lameiras
  Pulsed power technology for discharge plasma sources
  (2024–2026)

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BSc Students

• Leonor Costa
  High-frequency discharge plasma source development
  (2025–2026)

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Alumni

• Nuno Torrado
  PhD in Electrical Engineering — Pulsed power development for DPS in the AWAKE experiment
  (2021–2025)

• Duarte Cardoso
  BSc in Physics Engineering — Plasma confinement studies in discharge plasma sources
  (2024–2025)