You should soon click on each subject to obtain a description. If you are interested by a subject or if you merely wish more information, send him/her an email. Most of the subjects are written in French but the supervisors will provide you with English versions on request. An M2 internship is usually associated and the question of funding is to be discussed with the supervisor.
PhD Subjects 2025
| IRFM management team | Collaboration | Title |
Phone: +33 (0)4 42 25 |
| Marie-Hélène Aumeunier | – | Towards real-time simulation of thermal scenes in a tokamak to support plasma operations | 48 34 |
| Cédric Reux | – | Transport in runaway electron companion plasmas: impact on mitigation and extrapolation to ITER | 29 56 |
| Cédric Reux | – | Runaway electron impacts in tokamaks: characterization and modelling | 29 56 |
| Samuele Mazzi | Roland Sabot (IRFM) | Exploring the High Frequency Electron Driven Instabilities in the WEST Environment | 61 26 |
| Peter Donnel | Rémi Dumont (IRFM), EPFL-SPC |
Control of trapped electron mode turbulence with an electron cyclotron resonant source | 73 19 |
| Rémi Dumont | Tullio Barbui (PPPL) | Tungsten profile control at WEST using ECRH and novel x-ray diagnostics | 48 76 |
| Guilhem Dif-Pradalier | Yann Camenen (PIIM) | Impact of distance to marginality on turbulence self-organization – implications for transport modeling | 47 74 |
| Guido Ciraolo | Etienne Gravier (IJL) | Characterization of plasma instabilities and turbulence in the large linear device SPEKTRE using SOLEDGE simulations | 49 50 |
| Jamie Gunn | KIT | Physics-based evaluation of divertor designs | 79 02 |
| Eléonore Geulin | – | Localized particle retention in the WEST tungsten-wall tokamak: an ITER-relevant study based on long pulse and changeover experiment | 61 37 |
| Nicolas Rivals | – | Control of W sources and screening in WEST divertor | – |
| Nicolas Fedorczak | WPTE | Physics & control of impurity assisted divertor radiation in WEST | 37 12 |
| Caroline Hernandez | – | Development of an NDT method using Laser Ultrasound (UL) imaging to monitor the ageing of CFPs | 76 87 |
| Alan Durif | – | Characterisation and modelling of a free-flowing liquid wall subjected to thermal flux in a magnetised environment | 33 76 |
Most 2025 theses will be the subject of a preliminary internship during 2025. All the subjects have not yet been established, do not hesitate to consult the list of thesis subjects and contact the person in charge if a subject interests you in order to know if an internship is scheduled.