Education
He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980.
He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980.
He works at the Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), with the Tokamak à configuration variable. He was nominated Leader of EFDA (the European Fusion Development Agreement), the organisation which manages Joint European Torus (Joint European Torus), the largest fusion experiment in the world, sited in England. lieutenant also supervises numerous technology programmes in Europe in support of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, the international experimental fusion reactor project, as well as research for future industrial reactors.