Born in Rostock, Günter matriculated from high school in 1982. She went on to study physics at the University of Rostock where she graduated in 1987 and earned a doctorate in 1990 with a dissertation on radiation from dense plasmas. Her thesis advisor was Gerd Röpke. After working as a research associate at the university's Department of Theoretical Physics, she completed her habilitation in 1996. Her work in Rostock was complemented by periods in the United States at the University of Maryland and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.[2][3]
In 1996, she joined the Tokamak Physics division of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching near Munich. In 2000, she was appointed director of the institute and head of Tokamak Physics coordinating research on the principles of a fusion plant designed to produce energy resulting from the fusion of light ions. In 2011, she became IPP's scientific director.[2][3]
In October 2015, in view of her outstanding contribution to research, the Academia Europaea's board elected Günter a member of the Academy.[3]
Selected publications
Günter, S.; Wolf, R. C.; Leuterer, F.; Gruber, O.; Kaufmann, M.; et al. (2000-04-03). "Simultaneous Attainment of High Electron and Ion Temperatures in Discharges with Internal Transport Barriers in ASDEX Upgrade". Physical Review Letters. 84 (14). American Physical Society (APS): 3097–3100. Bibcode:2000PhRvL..84.3097G. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.84.3097. ISSN0031-9007. PMID11019021.
Günter, S.; Gude, A.; Maraschek, M.; Sesnic, S.; Zohm, H.; Howell, D. F. (2001-12-10). "High-Confinement Regime at High βN Values Due to a Changed Behavior of the Neoclassical Tearing Modes". Physical Review Letters. 87 (27). American Physical Society (APS): 275001. Bibcode:2001PhRvL..87A5001A. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.87.275001. ISSN0031-9007. PMID11800885.
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