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Vincent Lamirand

vincent.lamirand@epfl.ch https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vincent_Lamirand

EPFL SB IPHYS LRS
PH D3 475 (Bâtiment PH)
Station 3
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

Radiation Detection, Instrumentation, Reactor Physics, Measurement and Metrology, Monte Carlo Methods, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Reactions, Data Analysis, Ion Beam Analysis, Particle Accelerators (MeV).

Mission

I am in charge of the research experimental activities at LRS, including the CROCUS experimental reactor and the LOTUS cavity. I am Deputy of the Head of the nuclear facilities Oskari Pakari, for supporting him in the management of the LRS controlled area in the PH building. Finally, I am contributing to the LRS teaching activities, for the management of the EPFL-ETH Zurich joint program in Nuclear engineering, with the Radiation detection lecture, and especially for the TP and Radiation and reactor experiments at our facilities.
I am one of the four Scientific staff members at the School Assembly, Basic Sciences Faculty Council, and Institute of Physics Council for the current mandate.
After a PhD on the measurement of (p,n) reactions cross sections on small accelerators (IRSN, France), I have worked on the development of neutron detectors and measurement methods for reactor physics (CEA, France). I am part of the LRS staff since October 2014. I have a double affiliation with the Paul Scherrer Institute since 2016, where I defended my tenure in 2020.

Education

PhD degree

| Nuclear Physics

2011 – 2011 UJF Grenoble 1 (France)
Directed by Prof. Eric Liatard (eric.liatard@lpsc.in2p3.fr), Dr. Vincent Gressier (vincent.gressier@irsn.fr)

Master Degree

| Physics, sp. in Subatomic Physics

2008 – 2008 UCB Lyon 1 (France)

Bachelor Degree

| Physics

2006 – 2006 UCB Lyon 1 (France)

Professionals experiences

Program manager of experimental research, Deputy Head of LRS nuclear facilities

2014–2014

EPFL and Paul Scherrer Institute (since 2016)

Physicist, postdoctoral fellow

2012–2014

Atomic Energy Commission (CEA, France)

PhD student

2008–2011

Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety Institute (IRSN, France)

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Alexis Paul Boris Claude Dupont-Bembinoff

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Oskari Ville Pakari, Fanny Vitullo, Thomas Jean-François Ligonnet

Courses

Radiation and reactor experiments

PHYS-451

The reactor experiments course aims to introduce the students to radiation detection techniques and nuclear reactor experiments. The core of the course is the unique opportunity to conduct reactor experiments with the EPFL reactor CROCUS.

Radiation detection

PHYS-452

The course presents the detection of ionizing radiation in the keV and MeV energy ranges. Physical processes of radiation/matter interaction are introduced. All steps of detection are covered, as well as detectors, instrumentations and measurements methods commonly used in the nuclear field.