Lucio Milanese is Co-Founder and COO of Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based startup working to bring stellarators and their promise of clean, safe, and abundant fusion energy to market. A theoretical plasma physicist with an academic career spanning three continents, Lucio studied at Imperial College London, the California Institute of Technology, and EPFL before joining the Nuclear Science and Engineering department at MIT. He then pursued a Master of Management in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing before co-founding Proxima Fusion in January 2023. His passion lies at the intersection of technology, business, and policy.
