Ambrogio Fasoli

Ambrogio Fasoli is a Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) within the Basic Science Faculty. He currently serves as the CEO of the EUROfusion Consortium and Director of the Swiss Plasma Center. His career spans prestigious institutions including MIT and the JET Joint Undertaking.

Education

• Maturità classica, Milan, Italy (1983)
• Master in Physics, University of Milan, Italy (1988)
• PhD in Physics, EPFL, Switzerland (1993)

Research Focus
Fasoli is a leading expert in plasma physics and fusion energy, specializing in magnetic confinement, suprathermal particle dynamics, and tokamak stability. His recent work bridges deep reinforcement learning with plasma control and investigates turbulence interactions in magnetized plasmas.

Scientific Awards

• BCV Scientific Award (2022)
• Nuclear Fusion Honorary Editor (2021)
• EPFL Best Teacher’s Award Polysphère (2014, 2008)
• Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008)
• US Department of Energy Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award (2000)

Teaching & Leadership
He has supervised 28 PhD students across MIT, Princeton, CERN, and EPFL. Fasoli chairs major fusion initiatives like the European DEMO Steering Board and the EUROfusion Consortium, while advancing educational programs such as EdX MOOCs in plasma physics (40,000+ students).