Max Schalz

Researcher

Max Schalz is a physicist and Researcher at the Science for Nuclear Diplomacy Research Group at PRIF and a Doctoral Researcher at RWTH Aachen University. He developes nuclear verification methods, focussing on modelling the plutonium and highly-enriched uranium production of nuclear weapon states.
 

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schalz(at)prif.org
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CV

| since 11/2025
Researcher at PRIF, Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplomacy

| since 03/2021
Doctoral Researcher in physics, RWTH Aachen University

| 04/2018–12/2020
M.Sc. in physics, RWTH Aachen University

| 09/2018–02/2019
ERASMUS+, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

| 10/2014–01/2018
B.Sc. in physics, RWTH Aachen University

Projects

Publications

  • Assessing Pakistan’s Fissile Material Production
    | 2024
    Schalz, Max; Branger, Erik; Göttsche, Malte; Grape, Sophie; Gustavsson, Cecilia (2024): Assessing Pakistan’s Fissile Material Production, Science & Global Security, 32: 1–3, 42–67. DOI: 10.1080/08929882.2024.2409524
    Publication
  • Bicyclus: A statistical fuel cycle simulation framework for nuclear verification
    | 2024
    Schalz, Max; Bormann, Lewis; Göttsche, Malte (2024): Bicyclus: A statistical fuel cycle simulation framework for nuclear verification, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 196. DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2023.110221

Further Activities

| since 09/2024
Steering Committee member of the Research Association for Science, Disarmament and International Security (FONAS)

| 07/2024
Alumnus of the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

| since 06/2024
Member of the Younger Generation Leaders Network on Euro-Atlantic Security (YGLN)

| 08/2023
INMM 2023 J. D. Williams Student Paper Award