Dr. Robin Varennes
Biography
Dr. Robin Varennes is a research fellow in the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at Nanyang Technological University. Before joining the university, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Plasma Physics (LPP) in France. He obtained his PhD in Dec. 2022 from the Institute of Research on Fusion by Magnetic confinement (IRFM) at CEA in France.
Research interests
Dr. Varennes’ work is focused on the plasma flow establishment in tokamak plasmas, with a strong emphasis on the role of turbulence and collisional processes. From numerical analysis to reduced model development, Robin Varennes is now applying machine learning methods to extract meaningful information on plasma turbulence.
Awards
- Aix-Marseille University “Physics and Sciences of the Matter” Doctoral school thesis award.
Selected publications
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R. Varennes, X. Garbet, L. Vermare, Y. Sarazin, G. Dif-Pradalier, V. Grandgirard, P. Ghendrih, P. Donnel, M. Peret, K. Obrejan, and E. Bourne, “Synergy of turbulent momentum drive and magnetic braking,” Physical Review Letters, vol. 128, 2022. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.255002.
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R. Varennes, X. Garbet, L. Vermare, Y. Sarazin, G. Dif-Pradalier, V. Grandgirard, P. Ghendrih, P. Donnel, M. Peret, K. Obrejan, and E. Bourne, “Impact of magnetic ripple on neoclassical equilibrium in gyrokinetic simulations,” Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, vol. 65, 2023, issn: 0741-3335. doi:10.1088/1361-6587/acb79a.