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Rogerio Jorge

Rogerio Jorge is a plasma physicist whose work uses machine learning in plasma models and differentiable simulations for fusion. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Engineering Physics at IST and completed a joint PhD in Physics at IST and EPFL in 2019; his thesis addressed turbulent dynamics at the tokamak edge. His doctoral work received EPFL's Physics Doctoral Thesis Award in 2019 and the EPS Plasma Physics Division PhD Research Award in 2020. After postdoctoral work at the University of Maryland and Max-Planck Institute in Greifswald, he worked as a researcher at IST and joined UW–Madison as an assistant professor in January 2024. As of October 2026, his group focuses on fast, differentiable simulations for plasma physics and fusion energy, with applications to machine learning and reactor design.

Works
65
Citations
626
h-index
12

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. By 2019

    Engineering physics and a joint PhD

    He earns bachelor's and master's degrees in Engineering Physics at IST in Lisbon, then completes a joint PhD in Physics at IST and EPFL in 2019 under Paolo Ricci at the Swiss Plasma Center and Nuno Loureiro at MIT and the University of Lisbon.

  2. 2019

    A model for tokamak turbulence

    In 2019, he receives the EPFL Physics Doctoral Thesis Award for his thesis, “A moment-based model for plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality.” The model supports numerical simulation of turbulent plasma at the tokamak edge.

  3. 2020

    An EPS plasma physics award

    In 2020, he receives the EPS Plasma Physics Division PhD Research Award for his thesis on plasma dynamics at arbitrary collisionality.

  4. By 2023

    Postdoctoral work and Lisbon research

    After his 2019 PhD, he works as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Maryland, then as a Humboldt postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck Institute in Greifswald. By 2023, he works as a researcher at IST in Lisbon.

  5. January 2024

    Assistant professor in UW Physics

    In January 2024, he joins the UW–Madison Physics Department as an assistant professor.

  6. August 2024

    A first NSF grant

    In August 2024, his UW–Madison group begins its first grant, a three-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation award titled “Moment Approach to Multiscale Plasmas.”

  7. September 2024

    Machine learning for plasma models

    In September 2024, he and his group plan to use JAX for the machine-learning step in a reduced moment model for plasma dynamics.

  8. As of October 2026

    Assistant professor and fusion simulations

    As of October 2026, he is an assistant professor at UW–Madison. His group focuses on fast, differentiable simulations for plasma physics and fusion energy, with applications to machine learning and reactor design.

Career

  1. Since 2024University of Wisconsin–MadisonAssistant Professor
  2. 2019–2021University of MarylandPostdoctoral Associate
  3. 2015–2024University of Lisbon
  4. 2014–2023Instituto Superior TécnicoResearcher
  5. Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsHumboldt postdoctoral fellow

Education

  1. 2019Instituto Superior TécnicoBachelor's degree in Engineering Physics
  2. 2019EPFLPhD in Physics

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. SIMSOPT: A flexible framework for stellarator optimization2021 · The Journal of Open Source Software · 113 citations
  2. Stellaris: A high-field quasi-isodynamic stellarator for a prototypical fusion power plant2025 · Fusion Engineering and Design · 73 citations
  3. Constructing precisely quasi-isodynamic magnetic fields2023 · Journal of Plasma Physics · 54 citations
  4. Greybody factors for rotating black holes in higher dimensions2015 · Classical and Quantum Gravity · 51 citations
  5. A gyrokinetic model for the plasma periphery of tokamak devices2020 · Journal of Plasma Physics · 38 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

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  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Wisconsin–Madison. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
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  4. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes University of Wisconsin–Madison. We estimate that Google holds the highest combined h-index at 8,016, while universities account for 73% of the deduplicated total across AI organizations.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Rogério Jorge obtains PhD Research Award from EPS ipfn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Welcome, Professor Rogerio Jorge! physics.wisc.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Rogério Jorge gets the Physics Doctoral Thesis Award actu.epfl.ch. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Faculty – Page 3 – Department of Physics – UW–Madison wp.physics.wisc.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. IFS Seminar with Rogerio Jorge physics.utexas.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. The group receives its first grant rogerio.physics.wisc.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Rogerio Jorge receives first grant as a professor physics.wisc.edu. Checked 20 October 2026.