Basil Duval

Basil Duval is a current researcher at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the Swiss Plasma Center - Tokamak à Configuration Variable (SPC-TCV) unit within the School of Basic Sciences. His primary institutional email is basil.duval@epfl.ch, and he maintains an active Scopus Author ID (7005912974).

His research specializes in plasma physics and nuclear fusion, with concentrated expertise in tokamak operations, magnetic confinement systems, and fusion engineering. Duval has published extensively in premier journals including Nuclear Fusion (114 publications), Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (46), and Fusion Engineering and Design (38), demonstrating sustained contributions to controlled thermonuclear fusion research since the 1980s.

Duval's work is funded by major international programs including the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), European Union initiatives, and the Euratom Research and Training Programme. He operates within the SPC-TCV team managing Switzerland's primary tokamak facility, focusing on experimental plasma physics and reactor-relevant fusion technologies.