Michael Koratzinos

Physicist at CERN, HTS expert, accelerator expert

Tannay, Vaud, Switzerland

About

Particle physicist, High Energy Physics Currently: Principal Investigator of the FCCee-HTS4 project, making future accelerators sustainable Long experience in the domain of physics, computing, engineering, on-line computing and triggering, particle physics detectors, physics analysis, project management More recently: Accelerator design, accelerator magnet design, HTS magnet design Statistics and signal analysis expert Worked in the following experiments: NA14 (SPS, CERN), Delphi (LEP, CERN), LHCb, Atlas (LHC, CERN) Worked on the following projects: LEP energy determination, LHC hardware commissioning, LHC machine protection, FCC study Initiated the TLEP study (that became the FCC study project at CERN) - member of the steering committee Expert of HTS (high temperature superconducting) magnet technology, patent holder on an enabler of HTS technology on a variety of magnet applications (HTS motors, HTS accelerator magnets, Fusion technology) 250+ publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals Experienced communicator, popularized science public speaker, science writer Frequent appearances in regional and national TV and press in Greece

Experience

  • Project Leader - HTS expert at PSI Paul Scherrer Institut
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Principal Investigator of the FCCee-HTS4 project, a collaboration between PSI and CERN, under the auspices of the CHART programme of Switzerland. The project develops novel high temperature superconducting magnets for the Future Circular Collider at CERN.

  • Founder at MTG solutions Sarl
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Physicist at CERN
    1986 - Present · 40 yrs 6 mos

    research physics, applied physics, computing, electronics, accelerator design, superconducting magnet technology, science writing, project management

  • Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    2018 - Dec 2022 · 5 yrs