Per Helander (born 1967) is a Swedish theoretical plasma physicist and a leading scientist in the world in stellarator physics.
[1][2] He is the head of Stellarator Theory Division at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
Subsequently, he earned a PhD degree at the same institution in theoretical physics in 1994 with a thesis titled Dynamics of Fast Ions in Tokamaks.
In 2006, Helander was appointed Scientific Fellow at the Greifswald Branch of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics.
[6] In 2024, Helander was awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize along with Tünde Fülöp for outstanding contributions to theoretical plasma physics, yielding groundbreaking results that significantly impact the understanding and optimization of magnetically confined fusion plasmas.