Juliette PIERRE

Research Scientist at CNRS 

Physical acoustics, capillary waves, foams, bubbles, metamaterials, ultrasound imaging

Languages : French, English, Italian


ORCID : 0000-0002-3361-643X 

Education & Habilitation

2022 Habilitation to supervise rese arches (HDR in French) - Sorbonne University

2011 PhD at Sorbonne University in Solid State Physics and Physical Acoustics supervised by B. Bonello 

      Thesis : Elastic waves in periodic medium and negative refraction

2008 Master 2 Nano-Science and Nano-objects - University Paris Diderot 

2007 Master 1 in fundamental physics Erasmus in Rome  - Univ. La Sapienza 

2006               Licence in fundamental physics - University Paris Diderot 


Current and previous positions

2024-2025 Visiting professor at La Sapienza University 

Since 2015 Permanent research scientist at CNRS (CRCN) - Institut ∂ ’Alembert (Sorbonne University, CNRS)

2013-2015 Post-doctoral position -  Institut Langevin (CNRS, INSERM)

2012-2013 Post-doctoral position - Institut de Physique de Rennes (CNRS)

2011-2012 Post-doctoral position - Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (CNRS) 

2008 -2011 PhD student - Institut des NanoSciences de Paris (Sorbonne University)

Phd supervision 

2023-today A. Guillemot. Acoustics and hydrodynamics : reading an instability . Supervised with A. Bussonnière.

2022-2024 K. Bumma. Solidification of disorder medium. Co-supervised with : T. Séon & A. Huerre. 

2022-2024 V. Gourmandie. Acoustic methods for the  heigh frequency dynamics of complex fluids. Supervised with : V. Leroy & C. Derec.

2017-2020 M. Poujol. Acoustic signature of a violent hydrodynamic event : capillary bubble bursting. Supervised with :  A. Antkowiak

2016-2019 C. Gaulon. Acoustic propagation in liquid and solid foams. Supervised with :  V. Leroy & C. Derec.

Teaching activities

2019-2020 Master 2 Aero-Acoustics at Sorbonne University - Main course of acoustics (20h/year).

2015-today Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI) - Experimental lab. of acoustics (44h/year). 

2008-2011 University Paris Descartes, Biomedical. Licence 1 : Physics of transport phenomena. (55h/year) 

2009-2010 University Paris 13 IUT Materials Science and Engineering : Spectroscopy lab.  (24h/year) 

Institutional responsibilities 

2021-today MPIA team leader since September 2021 (« Modelling, Propagation and Acoustic Imaging »)

2017-today Elected member of ∂’Alembert Institute board since 2017

2018-2022 Communications manager of ∂’Alembert Institute

2020-2023 Organizer of the general seminar of ∂’Alembert Institute

2015-today Examiner in 4 PhD Committees in France

2015-today Member of 3 recruitment panels in France for permanent positions of associate professor

Organization of scientific meetings

2023 Organizer : « InterFreeze » at Cargèse (France). International Summer School. 

2022 Scientific committee: « Acoustofluidique 2022 » at Porquerolles (France). International Summer School. 

2021-2024 Scientific committee: « Rencontres du Non Linéaire » (RNL). Annual meeting in Paris  (France)

Prizes & Awards 

2021 CNRS prize « CNRS bronze medal »

2015 Prize of the newspaper La Recherche for the article on the acoustic propagation in liquid foams published in Physical Review Letters in 2014

2013 Yves Rocard prize of the French Society of Acoustics