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Physics is a strong focus of research at EPFL, and more than 200 doctoral students are pursuing their thesis in this discipline. The EPFL Doctoral Program in Physics offers the entryway, the administrative home and advanced courses to EPFL’s doctoral candidates in physics.

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About 50 professors and 50 senior research scientists have two missions: to perform research in physics at the international level and to provide highest quality education for EPFL students majoring in both physics and other disciplines.

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Upcoming public defenses

A Cavity-Microscope for Quantum Simulations with Locally-Controllable All-to-All Interactions

19-04-202419-04-2024

With: Nick Jacob SAUERWEIN
Place and room: CE 1 5
Category: Thesis defenses

Global fluid simulations of plasma turbulence in stellarators

19-04-202419-04-2024

With: António João CAEIRO HEITOR COELHO
Place and room: CE 1 3
Category: Thesis defenses

Numerical Study of the Attosecond Free-Electron Laser Pulse Generation in the Soft X-ray Regime at the SwissFEL

25-04-202425-04-2024

With: Longdi ZHU
Place and room: Room OSGA/EG6a, Education Centre, PSI Paul Scherrer Institute, Forschungsstrasse 111, 5232 V
Category: Thesis defenses

Gyrokinetic simulations of turbulence in magnetic fusion plasmas using a delta-f PIC scheme with evolving background

25-04-202425-04-2024

With: Moahan MURUGAPPAN
Place and room: CE 1 1
Category: Thesis defenses

Experimental study and interpretative modelling of the Power Exhaust in Configurations with Multiple X-Points in TCV

26-04-202426-04-2024

With: Sophie Danielle Angelica GORNO
Place and room: CE 1 2
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/5294773317
Category: Thesis defenses

Studies of crystal collimation for heavy ion operation at the LHC

02-05-202402-05-2024

With: Rongrong CAI
Place and room: CERN – Geneva, Espl. des Particules 1, 1211 Meyrin
Category: Thesis defenses

Room-Temperature Quantum Optomechanics and Free-Electron Quantum Optics

10-05-202410-05-2024

With: Guanhao HUANG
Place and room: CE 1 5
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/63916514844
Category: Thesis defenses

Nonlinear simulation of plasma turbulence using a gyrokinetic moment-based approach

17-05-202417-05-2024

With: Antoine Cyril David HOFFMANN
Place and room: CE 1 1
Category: Thesis defenses

Precision luminosity measurement at hadron colliders

31-05-202431-05-2024

With: Joanna Malgorzata WANCZYK
Place and room: CERN, Espl. des Particules 1, 1211 Meyrin
Category: Thesis defenses

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Prof. Frédéric Mila

Administration
Anh Eymann

EPFL AVP-PGE EDPY-GE
PH B2 405
CH – 1015 Lausanne

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