Nikolay Bykovsky

Nikolay Bykovsky was born in Moscow, Russia, on June 6, 1990. He received the master's degree in physics and engineering from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, in 2013. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in physics from the Swiss Plasma Center, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Villigen, Switzerland. From 2012 to 2013, he was an Engineer with the Russian Scientific R&D Cable Institute, Moscow, working in the area of applied superconductivity. Since 2013, he has been with the Swiss Plasma Center, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, working on his Ph.D. thesis in physics titled “HTS high current cable for fusion application.”