ALESSANDRO TASSONE

Alessandro Tassone has been Associate Professor of Fusion Reactor Technology at the Department of Electrical and Energy Engineering since August 2025. He earned his Master’s degree in Energy Engineering in 2015 and a PhD in Energy and Environment in February 2019. He held a research fellowship until his appointment as an Assistant Professor (Type A) in December 2019, followed by a tenure-track Assistant Professorship (Type B) in August 2022.
His main areas of expertise include the development and validation of numerical models (CFD and system codes) for magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and hydrodynamic flows, numerical simulation of single-phase MHD effects in fusion reactors, and the design of liquid metal loops. He is also active in multiphase MHD modeling, thermal-hydraulics for advanced fission reactors, and the theoretical and experimental study of tritium permeation.
Within the EUROfusion program, he was awarded a three-year Engineering Grant and later appointed as an Expert Analyst. He has been a Visiting Researcher twice at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He currently leads the computational thermo-fluid dynamics and MHD section, supervising a team of postdoctoral researchers and PhD students.
As of May 2026, he has authored over 45 papers in peer-reviewed international journals, with more than 950 citations (SCOPUS). He serves as a reviewer for several journals and competitive research programs, including those of the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and the U.S. Department of Energy in the field of nuclear fusion.