Joan Decker

Joan Decker is a Lecturer at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Basic Sciences (SB) and the Swiss Plasma Center (SPC-TCV). She also contributes to the Education Unit (EDPY-ENS) through teaching and PhD supervision.

Her research interests focus on plasma physics and fusion energy, particularly in the context of tokamak technologies. She integrates computational methods and numerical modeling to advance industrial plasma applications.

• Plasma Physics
• Fusion Energy
• Numerical Methods
• Industrial Plasma Applications
• Computational Physics
• Physics Education

At EPFL, Dr. Decker teaches courses such as Physique numérique (pour SPH) and Fusion and industrial plasma technologies, emphasizing the synergy between theoretical and experimental approaches in physics education.

Her PhD students include:

• Devlaminck Ewout Koen L.
• Guinchard Salomon Jacques Jean
• Muzio Maria Isabel