About ESC

The APPLAuSE External Supervisory Committee is composed by three specialists in the different fields of study included in the program (see below). The committee meets annually to discuss with the APPLAuSE Governing Board, and every two years there is an official visit to Instituto Superior Técnico. This includes personal interviews with the students, teachers and supervisors, visit to the facilities and lectures. The first official meeting of the Committee took place on November 24-26, 2015. The last meeting took place on December 3, 2020. See the complete meeting agenda here.

External Supervisory Committee

Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

Director Swiss Plasma Center,
Professor Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
President EUROfusion Consortium


Prof. Mark J. Kushner
University of Michigan, USA

George I Haddad Collegiate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Dept.
Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Dept., Applied Physics Program, Chemical Engineering Dept.
Director, Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering
Director, Graduate Certificate Program in Plasma Science and Engineering
Director, Dept. of Energy Center on Control of Plasma Kinetics


Prof. Peter A. Norreys
University of Oxford / Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Professor of Inertial Fusion Science, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
Individual Merit Fellow, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Plasma Physics Group Leader, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory