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Paul Gibbon is a Professor and current Head of the HPC in Applied Sciences and Engineering division at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich. He also maintains a part-time teaching appointment at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven where he teaches computational physics. Having joined JSC in 2001, he helped establish the Simulation Labs for Plasma Physics in 2008 and served as Head of the Computational Science Division from 2009 to 2022. After a brief period working in the fusion energy industry, he returned to JSC in 2024 as co-head of his current division.
Gibbon's educational background includes physics studies at Bristol University followed by plasma physics research at Imperial College London. His postdoctoral journey took him across Europe to CEA Saclay and the University of Jena before settling at JSC. His research spans computational plasma physics, laser-based particle and radiation sources, and parallel mesh-free N-body simulation techniques.
His publication record demonstrates significant contributions to computational plasma physics, with recent work focusing on N-body simulation methods (particularly the PEPC solver), laser-plasma interactions, particle acceleration mechanisms, and fusion energy applications. His research shows a clear trajectory from fundamental plasma simulation methods toward practical fusion energy applications, with substantial contributions to high-performance computing techniques for scientific simulation.
Gibbon has been instrumental in advancing high-performance computing applications for plasma physics and fusion research, with leadership roles in developing simulation capabilities at one of Europe's premier supercomputing centers. His work bridges theoretical plasma physics with practical computing implementations, contributing to both the computational methods community and fusion energy research.
