research

PhD thesis and Master level internships

PhD projects and several M1 and M2 internships are available. Contact me for more details.

Recent master internships

M1

• • Dominik Kuhn, "Development of a machine learning algorithm for the unsupervised classification of particles’ trajetories"

  • Robert Howey, "PIC modelling of shocks in weakly collisional plasmas"

M2

• • Landry Riou, "Exploring novel space propulsion schemes: pulsed lasers-driven plasma thrusters"

PhDs

Current PhD students

• Thershi Seebaruth, "Kinetic modelling of shocks in weakly collisional plasmas" (coll. Roch Smets, LPP and Anna Grassi, LULI)

• Yevhen (Eugene) Tkachenko, "Extended magnetohydrodynamics simulations of strongly magnetized plasmas for space propulsion" (coll. Benjamin Khiar, ONERA)

Past PhD students

• Victor Tranchant, "Experimental and numerical simulations of astrophysical accretion processes in extreme radiative environments" (coll. Emeric Falize, CEA)

• Alexis Marret "Cosmic rays streaming instability: from theory to experiments", (coll. Roch Smets, LPP and Julien Fuchs, LULI)

• Jean Carlos Porto Hernandez,  "Kinetic simulations of magnetized plasmas in ECR thrusters", (coll. Paul-Quentin Elias, ONERA)

• Julien Guyot, "Particle acceleration in colliding laser produced plasma jets", (coll. Philippe Savoini, LPP)

• Lucile Van Box Som,  "From accreting magnetized white dwarfs to laser plasmas: modelling, scaling and experiments", (coll. Emeric Falize, CEA)

• Benjamin Khiar, "Magnentized accretion flows in the laboratory"

• Loic Nicolas, "The effects of ion-ion collisions on the magnetized  ion streaming instability", (coll. Roch Smets, LPP)

• Uddhab Chaulagain, "Radiative shocks : experiments, modelling and links to astrophysics", (coll. Chantal Stehle, LERMA)

• Marc Joos, "Angular momentum transport in dense pre-stellar cores", (coll. Patrick Hennebelle, CEA)