Chercheurs du LPS-ENS
Mokhtar ADDA-BEDIA
Pattern formation in mechanical systems. Folding of elastic structures. Dynamics and instabilities of interfacial fronts. tel (33) (0)1 44 32 25 26 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page web site
Alexandros ALEXAKIS
Fields of interest : Fluid Dynamics, Instabilities, Hydrodynamic Turbulence, Magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and the Dynamo effect and Mixing tel : (33) 1 44 32 34 72 email : lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Jean François ALLEMAND
Fields of interest : biophysics, single molecule techniques, molecular motors, DNA/protein interactions. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 92/33 61 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Rava AZEREDO da SILVEIRA
Rava Azeredo da Silveira’s research is in the fields of quantitative neuroscience and biophysics. Among other topics, he studies computation and adaptation in single neurons and small neural networks such as retinal ones, coding of information in the brain, molecular machinery at synapses, and the behavior of simple organisms. In the past, he has worked in statistical mechanics and soft matter physics. Tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 73 email : (...)
Sébastien BALIBAR
Experimental study of supersolidity : acoustic, rotational and flow properties of solid helium at low temperature. Properties of cristalline defects (dislocations, grain boundaries) in quantum crystals. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 99 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Martine BEN AMAR
The group is interested in various aspects of growth, shapes and dynamics in physics, biophysics, mechanics and biomechanics. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 77 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
David BENSIMON
Fields of interest : biophysics, single molecule techniques, molecular motors, DNA/protein interactions. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 92/33 61 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Daniel BONN
Research interests : Wetting transitions , Dynamics of wetting , Spontaneous emulsification , Rheology of simple and complex fluids , Viscous fingering in complex fluids , Fracture , Langmuir films , Drag reduction , Soap films , Colloidal glasses. tel. : (33) (0)1 44 32 38 02 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Marc-Etienne BRACHET
Research areas : classical and quantum fluids, mhd, turbulence, instabilities and nonlinear dynamics. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 25 20 email : lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Eric BRUNET
Fields of interest : out of equilibrium systems, such as propagating fronts, growing surfaces or transport phenomenas ; disordered systems and, in particular, directed polymers in a random medium. tel (33) (0)1 44 32 34 91 email firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Anne-Marie CAZABAT
Soft matter : contact line mobility and stability of thin wetting films. Spontaneous spreading of surfactant solutions and liquid crystals. Evaporation of wetting droplets. Thin liquid crystal films on solid and liquid substrates. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 38 02 email : anne-marie.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Roland COMBESCOT
condensed matter theory : ultra-cold gases (BEC-BCS crossover, collective modes), 3 and 4 body problems, high-temperature superconductors tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 35 00 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Vincent CROQUETTE
Fields of interest : biophysics, single molecule techniques, molecular motors, DNA/protein interactions. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 92/33 61 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Kristina DAVITT
In the Nucleation and Wetting group I have been involved in several optical experiments for the study of liquid water under tension, and have more recently been implicated in wetting problems of longstanding interest to the group. I have a background in optics and semiconductor physics and maintain an enthusiasm in wide bandgap light emitters. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 32 98 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web (...)
Bernard DERRIDA
Main research interests : Theory of disordered systems Non equilibrium systems : large deviation functions of the current and the density Traveling wave equations : effect of the noise and applications to models of evolution in biology tel. (33)(0)1 44 32 33 58 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Nicolas DESPRAT
Experimental evolution (adaptation to high temperatures) - Cooperation (constraints arising from the coupling of individual gene regulations) tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 96 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Dominique d’HUMIERES
Research interests : - lattice gas hydrodinamics - fluid mechanics email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Stephan FAUVE
Hydrodynamic instabilities, magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo effect, wave turbulence, fluctuations in out of equilibrium dissipative systems tel : (33) 0)1 44 32 25 21 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Lionel FORET
Research area : theoretical modeling of biological systems using methods of statistical physics and non-linear physics. Dynamics and organization of membranes in living cells and intracellular trafficking. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 46 email : prenom.nomATlps.ens.fr web site
Christine GOURIER
Interests : I’m interested in studying biomolecule and biomembrane interactions and their consequences on cell adhesion and fusion, from the molecular to the cellular level, using micromanipulation force measurement techniques (Biomembrane Force Probe, Vesicle and Cell adhesion) coupled with imaging tools (confocal microscope). Office 33 (0)1 44 32 34 45 Lab 33 (0)1 44 32 32 53 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web (...)
Claude GUTHMANN
Research interests : wetting, contact line, low temperature physics. email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Vincent HAKIM
Our main present scientific interests lie in helping to study some questions of biological importance using our expertise in nonlinear dynamics and statistical mechanics. Two main areas of focus are : computational neuroscience where we specifically analyze the dynamics of neural ensembles and how it is used to process information, developmental biology and evolution where we study the structure and dynamics of gene networks and how evolution has shaped them. Our work is theoretical (...)
Werner KRAUTH
Research interests : statistical physics (hard sphere liquid, spin glasses ...), Bose-Einstein condensation with paths integrals, computational physics (Monte Carlo, ...), condensed matter physics (DMFT) tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 25 50 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Frédéric LECHENAULT
Research interests : Statistical description of out of equilibrium systems, confinement and folding of elastic structures, pattern formation, granular materials, fracture. Tel : 01.44.32.34.47 Mail : nom.prénomATlps.ens.fr web site
Xavier LEYRONAS
condensed matter theory : ultra-cold gases (BEC-BCS crossover, collective modes, 3 and 4 body problems), mesoscopic physics (quantum transport through a Kondo impurity) tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 91 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Thierry MORA
I work on the statistical physics modelling of biological systems. My focus is on systems comprising many interacting units and displaying emergent behaviours. I would like to understand how these collective effects allow organisms to achieve complex biological tasks. My interests span a variety of biological fields, from neuron coding to biochemical networks to the immune repertoire and single proteins. GH 305 tel : (33) 1 44 32 34 72 email : tmoraATlps.ens.fr web (...)
Nicolas MORDANT
I study experimentally various aspects of turbulence. I developed original techniques for particle tracking in turbulent flows. I also study magnetohydrodynamical turbulence in liquid metals and I am part of the VKS dynamo experiment. I am also interested in wave turbulence in thin elastic plates. tel (33) (0)1 44 32 25 22 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Sébastien MOULINET
Research interests : Wetting of patterned and disordered surfaces, Rheology. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 07 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Jean Pierre NADAL
Main research interests : Computational neuroscience ; information processing in biological systems Complex systems in cognitive and social sciences tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 32 75 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Jacques NINIO
Research interests : Reaction times structures and distributions in visual working memory experiments / Creation of stereoscopic stimuli and visual illusions / Evolutionary genetics / Translation accuracy. email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr tel. : (33) (0)1 44 32 33 18 web site
Eric PEREZ
Intermolecular forces and surface forces, cell adhesion and membrane fusion with the surface forces apparatus (SFA) and related surface techniques. The SFA allows to measure the assembling energy of receptor proteins and their ligand, or the binding energy of cognate molecules. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 25 14 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
François PETRELIS
Research interests : magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo effect, effects of fluctuations on instabilities. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 35 01 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Frédéric PINCET
Interest : Biomolecule and biomembrane interactions in the context of adhesion or fusion. Experimental techniques : Micromanipulations (Biomembrane Force Probe, Vesicle Adhesion, Cell adhesion), Surface Forces Apparatus, Imaging (Confocal Microscopy coupled with FRAP or FRET). Phone : +33 1 44 32 25 02 / +33 1 44 32 32 53 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr Post-Doc offers : Anyone interested in the topics of our team can contact us, we regularly have post-doc openings. Post-doc (...)
Etienne ROLLEY
Research interests : hydrodynamics and wetting with quantum fluids, wetting dynamics on disordered and patterned surfaces. tel : 01 44 32 25 19 or 01 44 32 32 98 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web page
Wladimir URBACH
I am interested in confined systems consisting of mixed surfactant mixtures - polymer or biopolymer (membrane peptides or proteins). This area of research pertains to a multidisciplinary field at the frontier between Physics Chemistry and Life Sciences . In addition to a better understanding of the fundamental properties of these complex fluids, the results obtained may lead to possible applications in medicine, biology, pharmacology, material science, etc. The reader will find a brief (...)
Jean VANNIMENUS
Research interests : Statistical physics of disordered systems ; Complex systems tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 37 62 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
Gérard WEISBUCH
Gérard Weisbuch works on Socio-Economic systems from a statistical physics perspective ; for instance : Production networks and Geographical Economics, Venture Capital networks, Social Phenomena in markets. tel : (33) (0)1 44 32 34 75 email : firstname.lastnameATlps.ens.fr web site
