Joaquim Loizu

Joaquim Loizu is a Senior Lecturer (MER) at the Swiss Plasma Center (SPC-TH) and the School of Physics and Chemistry (SPH-ENS) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). His work bridges theoretical plasma physics with experimental validation, focusing on advanced magnetic confinement concepts for fusion energy.

• Education
  • PhD in Plasma Physics (2013), EPFL
  • Master in Physics, Imperial College London (2009)
  • BSc in Physics, EPFL

Research Interests include:

• Design and stability of stellarator fusion devices
• MHD equilibrium and formation of magnetic islands
• Chaotic magnetic field transport
• Non-neutral plasma simulations
• Plasma sheath dynamics and bootstrap current analysis

Scientific Contributions span 15 recent publications (2023-2025) on topics like chaotic transport quantification, gyrotron electron gun simulations, and multi-region MHD equilibrium calculations. His work has significantly advanced stellarator optimization and tokamak divertor modeling.

• Awards
  • European Physical Society Plasma Physics PhD Award (2009)
  • IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Plasma Physics (2020)

Advising includes mentoring PhD students Erol Balkovic, Pierrick Giroud-Garampon, and Zeno Tecchiolli. He contributes to major fusion experiments including Wendelstein 7-X and TCV tokamak, while developing simulation tools like GBS and FENNECS for plasma turbulence and non-neutral plasma studies.