Sehila M. Gonzalez de Vicente holds a PhD in in Materials Physics by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) and a MBA by the EOI Business School. She has 20 years of experience in fusion technologies and materials and is currently the Global Director of the Fusion Energy programme at Clean Air Task Force. Previously she was working at the International Atomic Energy Agency as Nuclear Fusion Physicist for more than 8 years. Before joining IAEA, she was the Responsible Officer of the Fusion Materials development programme at EFDA (European Fusion Development Agreement) / Eurofusion, in Garching (Germany). In addition, she has been appointed chair of the Project Committee of the International Fusion Energy Research Centre (IFERC) project between Europe and Japan as well as vice chair of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) scientific advisory board in the research field of Energy. She has been chair of the 9th Annual Assessment of Fusion for Energy, member of the UK’s Fusion Technical Advisory Group, member of the Review Committee for the European Spallation Source Re-baseline Review as well as member of the IFMIF-DONES España Technical Advisory Committee. She is co-editor and contributing author of the book Fundamentals of Magnetic Fusion Technology. She is also the Chair of the Women in Fusion Group.
