Ralph Lietzow

Ralph Lietzow was born in Bruchsal, Germany, in 1973. He received the Diploma degree in process engineering and the Ph.D. degree in preparation of nanosuspensions by the rapid expansion of supercritical solutions, both from University of Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany, in 2000 and 2006, respectively. In 2005, he joined the Institute for Technical Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, where he became the Group Leader with the Department of Cryogenics for fusion magnets. He is responsible for the design, construction, and operation of cryogenic test facilities (e.g., TOSKA and CultKa) in the fusion program.