Xavier Garbet (b. 1961)[1] is an theoretical plasma physicist and a professor at Nanyang Technological University (NTU).[2] He is currently appointed as the Temasek Chair in Clean Energy, as his professorship was established by a $6 million endowment from Singapore's state investment firm, Temasek Holdings. This appointment aims to support a magnetic confinement fusion research and manpower training program at NTU for clean energy development in Singapore.[3]
Xavier Garbet | |
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| Education | Paris-Sorbonne University (B.S.) Paris-Saclay University (M.S.) Aix-Marseille University (Ph.D.) |
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| Fields | Plasma physics |
| Institutions | CEA Nanyang Technological University |
| Thesis | Turbulence et transport anormal dans les plasmas de Tokamak (1988) |
| Website | dr |
Early life and career
editIn 1982, Garbet received a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Paris-Sorbonne University. He then earned a Master's degree in plasma physics from Paris-Saclay University. Subsequently, he earned a PhD degree in theoretical and high-energy physics in 1988 and a Habilitation à diriger des recherches (French habilitation) in 2001 from Aix-Marseille University.[4]
Garbet was hired by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in 1988.[5] He was a visiting scientist at General Atomics from 1994 to 1995 and led a plasma transport modelling task force at the Joint European Torus from 2001 to 2004.[6] In 2008, he became a research director at CEA. In 2022, he joined NTU as a professor of theoretical and computational plasma physics and was appointed as the Temasek Chair in Clean Energy.[2]
Honours and awards
editGarbet was awarded the CNRS Silver Medal by the French National Centre for Scientific Research for his work on plasma confinement fusion in 2010.[7][8]
In 2019, he was awarded the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize by the Société Française de Physique.[6]
In 2022, Garbet was awarded the Hannes Alfvén Prize for his theoretical contributions to the dynamics of magnetically confined fusion plasmas.[9]
References
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- ^ a b "Prof Xavier Garbet | Academic Profile | DR-NTU | Research". Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "New Chair Professorship with $6 million endowment from Temasek". Corporate NTU. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ "France - CEA-CAD". www-pub.iaea.org. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ a b "The IOP-SFP Holweck Prize 2019 awarded to Xavier Garbet - Société Française de Physique". sfpnet.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Xavier Garbet | CNRS". www.cnrs.fr (in French). 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Talents (CNRS)". www.cnrs.fr (in French). 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ jacquemot (2022-03-04). "2022 EPS Hannes Alfvén Prize | European Physical Society – Plasma Physics Division". European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division. Retrieved 2024-01-20.