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Fluid mechanics and non-linear physics.

I am a physicist interested by fundamental considerations in non-linear physics and out of equilibrium systems. I work mainly on fluid mechanics problems related to environmental and natural situations at different scales (waves, turbulence, erosion, geomorphology). I am also interested by granular gas as model systems to study out-of-equilibrium statistical physics.

About me

I am a CNRS researcher working at the laboratory MSC (Matter and Complex Systems) at the University Paris Diderot since 2010. In 2020 the University Paris Diderot merged with University Paris Descartes to become the Université Paris Cité.

I recently defended my habilitation thesis in December 2020: ‘‘Wave interactions and wave turbulence in presence of dissipation”.

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Clark University, MA, USA in the group of Arshad Kudrolli, Complex Matter and Nonlinear Physics Laboratory. I defended a PhD in Physics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in 2008 about “Turbulent Magnetohydrodynamics in liquid metals” under the guidance of Professor Stéphan Fauve and Professor Nicolas Mordant. I hold a Master degree in Physics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2005).

Current research interests:

See the broad audience description of research subjects and the related scientific publications.

● Hydrodynamics of erosion by dissolution. Application to geomorphology. In collaboration with Martin Chaigne, Sylvain Courrech du Pont, Julien Derr, Arshad Kudrolli, Adrien Guérin, Caroline Cohen (Ladhyx), Julien Philippi (TIPS,ULB).

● Gravity-capillary surface waves. Wave Turbulence. Wave-interactions In collaboration with Eric Falcon, Florence Haudin, Annette Cazaubiel. Member of collaboration Turbulon (ECN Nantes, LPENS, CEA Saclay): Félicien Bonnefoy, Sébastien Aumaître, Guillaume Michel …

Collaboration about Capillary waves experiments in the international Space Station with Stéphan Fauve (LPENS), Christophe Gissinger (LPENS), Guillaume Michel (IJLRDA) and Eric Falcon (MSC).

● Turbulence and free surface flows. Interaction between surface waves and flows. With Timothée Jamin and Eric Falcon.

● Granular gas of magnetized particles and out of equilibrium physics. With Simon Merminod, Gustavo Castillo and Eric Falcon.

● Surface waves generation by an underwater moving bottom. With Timothée Jamin, Leonardo Gordillo (USACH, Chile), Gerardo Ruiz Chavarria (UNAM Mexico) and Eric Falcon.

I worked also on Capillarity and aggregation of floating particles, Seepage erosion in granular media, Turbulence and Magnetohydrodynamics. See the previous version of this website.