Experience

Max Planck Institute for Physics

• Germany
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Minerva Fast Track Fellow

  • May 2022 - Present

  For more details, see my personal website: https://francescacapel.com For more details, see my personal website: https://francescacapel.com



Technische Universität München

• Munich, Bavaria, Germany

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Jul 2020 - Apr 2022

  I worked at the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster's Data Science Laboratory on the application of advanced statistical methods to problems in astrophysics and particle physics. I worked at the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster's Data Science Laboratory on the application of advanced statistical methods to problems in astrophysics and particle physics.



European Space Agency - ESA

• France
• Space Research and Technology
• 700 & Above Employee

• Young Graduate Trainee

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

  Based in the Department of Space Environments and Effects, I worked on the testing and calibration of a novel highly miniaturised radiation monitor for space applications. The work involved simulation of charged particle interactions in matter and analysis of beam line data. I also helped out on a study of how radiation effects DNA. Based in the Department of Space Environments and Effects, I worked on the testing and calibration of a novel highly miniaturised radiation monitor for space applications. The work involved simulation of charged particle interactions in matter and analysis of beam line data. I also helped out on a study of how radiation effects DNA.



EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Master Thesis Project

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2013

  I completed my Master thesis "Characterisation of scrape-off layer plasmas using Langmuir probes in the TCV Tokamak" at the Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas (CRPP) with Ivo Furno and Benoit Labit. For this project, I analysed data from Langmuir probes to study the behaviour of the edge plasma under magnetic confinement in the TCV tokamak. The results can help us to understand how power is lost from fusion plasmas and how we can scale up confinement to larger fusion projects, such as ITER. Show less



Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Nuffield Foundation Funded Research Placement

  • Jul 2009 - Aug 2009

  While completing my A-levels, I was awarded a Nuffield bursary for a summer project at the Electrical Engineering Department. Here, I worked in the laboratory on the development of a near-field scanning microwave microscope under the supervision of Adrian Porch. While completing my A-levels, I was awarded a Nuffield bursary for a summer project at the Electrical Engineering Department. Here, I worked in the laboratory on the development of a near-field scanning microwave microscope under the supervision of Adrian Porch.