Markus Roth

Prof. Dr. Markus Roth is co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Focused Energy, the world's top laser fusion company, which is aiming to enter a new era of energy production with its technology. As an internationally recognized expert in laser and plasma physics, he is responsible for the scientific basis that currently enables the company to be the only one capable of transforming laser fusion research into an industrially viable power plant. Roth has been Professor of Laser and Plasma Physics at Darmstadt Technical University since 2003 and Scientific Advisor to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2018. He has received numerous honours for his work and is an esteemed fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).