Antoine Merle

Antoine Merle serves as a Researcher at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) within the Theory Group (SPC-TH) under the School of Basic Sciences, and concurrently holds a Lecturer position in Doctoral Programs (EDPY-ENS). His primary office is located in Building PPB, Room 124 at Station 13, Lausanne.

His research specializes in plasma confinement systems for nuclear fusion, with core expertise in magnetic confinement configurations and tokamak operational control. Key focus areas include particle and energy transport modeling, plasma-wall interactions, and burning plasma dynamics within fusion reactors. His methodological approach integrates modern control theory with plasma physics to address operational limits in experimental fusion devices.

As an academic advisor, Merle currently supervises two doctoral candidates: Heiss Cosmas Quirin Lorenz and Van Parys Guillaume Raphäel Hervé. His teaching portfolio includes advanced courses on Magnetic Confinement Systems and Control and Operation of Tokamaks, where he covers fundamental confinement principles, operational regimes, transport phenomena, and state-of-the-art control techniques for future fusion reactors.