CV
Positions
Professeur Chargé de Cours, Ecole Polytechnique, since September 1, 2020.
CNRS Research Scientist (Chargé de Recherche), LadHyX, Ecole Polytechnique, France, since October 1, 2018.
Courant Instructor/Assistant Professor, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU. October 1, 2015 - July 31, 2018.
Education
Ph.D. Fluid Dynamics, Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse, France. October 1, 2012 - September 21, 2015.
Title: "Modelling and numerical simulation of individual and collective swimming mechanisms in active suspensions"
Supervisors: Eric Climent (INP) and Pierre Degond (Imperial College)
M.Sc., Fluid Dynamics, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, 2012
Summa Cum Laude, ranked 2nd with Honors,
Diplôme d'Ingénieur, Applied Mathematics and Numerical Modelling, INSA Toulouse, France, 2011
Fellowships / Grants / Prizes
PROCORE - France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme (2022) with Alan Cheng Hou Tsang (HKU).
PI of a 3,5 years ANR Grant (ANR-20-CE30-0006) on the "Transport and clogging of deformable objects in porous media", 170,000€, 2021-2024. https://anr.fr/Project-ANR-20-CE30-0006
Nvidia academic grant, 2019
Joseph B. Keller Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences for the academic year 2017-2018
Co-PI for the NSF grant PMP-1706562 on "Magnetic microrollers as a platform for active transport" by the Particulate and Multiphase Processes division of the National Science Foundation, $420,000, 2017-2020. https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1706562&HistoricalAwards=false
Escande Prize for best theses graduated at Institut National Polytechnique Toulouse, 2015.
STSM grant from COST Action MP1305 'Flowing Matter' for visits at Imperial College, April 2015
MEGEP grant for visits at Imperial College, Spring 2015
BQR-SMI grant for visits at Imperial College, June and October 2014
PRES-Région Midi-Pyrénées fellowship for Ph.D studies, 2012 - 2015
CERFACS grant for an internship at University of Maryland, May - August 2011
Supervision
Post-docs
Clément Bielinski, December 2021 - ...
PhD students:
Ursy Makanga, October 2020 - ...
Francisco Rojas, October 2019 - ...
Undergraduate and Master students:
Mohammadreza Sepahi, M.Sc., Amirkabir U. , July - October 2021
Research: Sedimentation of flexible fibers towards obstacles
Ursy Makanga, M.Sc. Ecole Polytechnique, March - September 2020
Research: Migration and clogging of fibers in structured environments
Francisco Rojas, M.Sc. Ecole Polytechnique, March - September 2019
Research: Modelling collective motion in reactive suspensions.
Axel Ivaldi, M.Sc. U. Paris-Sud, March -September 2019
Research: Particle transport and mixing by micro-swimmers.
JR Cruise, undergraduate student (Reed College). June 2018-August 2018
Research: Sedimentation of colloidal suspensions near boundaries.
Zhe Chen, undergraduate student (Pekin University). June 2017-August 2017
Research: Quasi-2D particle collective diffusion above a no-slip boundary.
Patrick Mooney (REU MRSEC), undergraduate (U. Missouri). May 2016-August 2016
Research: Monte-Carlo simulation of confined particles with arbitrary shape.
Mostafa Sulaiman, INSA Toulouse, M.Sc. Fluid Mechanics, March - September 2015
Thesis: Simulation of Flexible Fibers in Turbulent Flows.
El Hadji Ibrahima Thiam, U. Toulouse, M.Sc. Applied Mathematics, March - September 2014
Thesis: Identification and Parameter Estimation for Discrete Model of a Micro-Swimmer
Elodie Delclaux, U. Toulouse, M.Sc Applied Mathematics, May - September 2014
Thesis: Modelling of sperm 3D beating.
Journal reviewer :
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Physical Review Letters,
New Journal of Physics,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
Physical Review Fluids,
Physical Review E,
Journal of Fluids and Structures,
Advances in Computational Mathematics,
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter,
European Journal of Mechanics/B Fluids
Workshops/Trainings
Advanced School: "Flowing Soft Matter: Bridging the Gap between Statistical Physics and Fluid Mechanics", International Center of Mechanical Sciences, June 30 - July 4, 2014
Workshop: “Collective motion of active swimmers”, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, September 25 - 26, 2013
Calmip, Toulouse, France: Code Profiling, MPI/OpenMP Programming, June 18 - 19, 2012
Calmip, Toulouse, France: Introduction to HPC Systems, Frebruary 22 - 23, 2012
Popularization of science
SIAM student seminar at Imperial College: seminars for graduate students at the Applied Mathematics department, 2014
Ph.D students break down stereotypes on science: an entire day of interactions with a diverse audience at the Museum of Natural History of Toulouse, 2014
Volunteering instructor for young students from middle school in a social structure, twice a week. Help for homework including activities linked with science, 2011-2012
Scientific organizations: APS, SIAM