Roch Smets

Roch Smets is a Lecturer at Sorbonne University (formerly Pierre and Marie Curie University) since 2009 and previously held a Lecturer position at the University of Versailles between 1999 and 2009. He is affiliated with the Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP), a joint research unit (UMR7648) associated with Sorbonne University and the Polytechnic School (École Polytechnique). His primary affiliation is through the Space Plasmas Team within LPP, where he contributes to both research and teaching.

His research focuses on magnetic reconnection in collisionless plasmas, magnetic reconnection in high-energy-density plasmas, and turbulent diffusion of particles via electromagnetic fluctuations. These studies are critical to understanding space plasma dynamics, fusion energy systems, and astrophysical phenomena.

Roch Smets teaches advanced physics courses, including Waves and Instability in Plasmas (M2 level) and contributes to undergraduate and graduate modules like Energy & Entropy and Transport Physics. He maintains offices at both École Polytechnique (Bureau 051098) and Sorbonne University’s Jussieu campus (Bureau 510, Tour 24-34).

He has authorization to direct research (Habilitation) and oversees internship and thesis proposals in plasma physics. No specific scientific awards are listed, but his work contributes to transverse research axes like numerical simulation and turbulence modeling at LPP.