Joaquim Loizuمشاهده پروفایل
مدرس ارشد
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.


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