“What motivates me most is the combination of scientific challenge, practical relevance, and the opportunity to contribute something useful to the field” Meet Yannik Zobus, a laser physicist at GSI, who is developing a holistic simulation framework, essentially a digital twin for future fusion laser systems, in his newly[…]

The second summer school organized by the THRILL project took place from 7 to 12 June 2026, in Hirschegg, in the Austrian alps. 16 participants from six European countries from institutions within and outside the THRILL consortium came together in order to explore extreme states of matter generated by[…]

“Follow your dreams! There is always a path for motivated people.” Meet Pierre Lebegue, a PhD student at the Laboratoire Charles Fabry (LCF) and the Laboratoire pour l’utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI) in France working on the THRILL project. Hi Pierre, please tell us more about your background and[…]

“Adaptive optics showed me how physics, computation, and engineering can merge – now we’re taking that integration to the next level” Meet Jonas Ohland, a laser physicist at GSI/FAIR, who is exploring how to make operating high-power lasers simpler, more stable and much more scalable with his newly funded[…]

“I have consistently sought out challenges, often venturing into research areas where I had little initial expertise” With our series #WomeninScience, we will portrait the female scientific staff working on THRILL. They tell us about their roles in our project, what inspires them about their work and their experiences[…]