Membres

·     Partner 1 (leader Claire David, Associate Professor at Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions (Sorbonne Université, CNRS) has a long experience in fractal geometry, along with recognized skills in PDEs. She has used her expertise to develop new theoretical and innovative tools for the study of singularities. CD has a central position in the project at the interface between CG, AD and ML.

·     Partner 2 (Christophe Godin, Director of Research at INRIA-ENS Lyon), is a renowned specialist in mathematical and computational modelling of plant morphogenesis. In particular, he has been studying the fractal nature of plants from various viewpoints. He has also collaborated with animal biologist in the last 10 years to develop quantitative approaches of animal development (ascidians and drosophila). As an applied mathematician and computer scientist evolving, he is very familiar with the collaboration with biologists and ideally placed to make bridges. He is the team leader of MOSAIC (Morphogenesis: Simulations and Analysis in Silico).

·     Partner 3 (Audrey Dussutour, CNRS senior researcher - Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier. AD works in the team IVEP, Interindividual Variability Emergent Plasticity, at the Research Center on Animal Cognition UMR 5169, University of Toulouse, which is a research unit in the field of animal behavior, neuroscience and computational biology. Her work focuses on problem solving in P. polycephalum. She has made important contributions to this field, through a combination of meticulous behavioral experiments and rigorous analytical work. AD has published 68 articles, some in the best generalist journals (Nature, Curr Biol, PNAS, eLife) which have had considerable impact in the scientific community and the general audience. She has been principal investigator of several funded projects. AD has a strong expertise in designing empirical set-ups and state of the art tracking platforms to analyze P. polycephalum behavior. AD was awarded a Medal by the CNRS for her involvement in outreach activities. She has led 2 citizen science projects to increase the public's understanding of science and develop critical thinking. The 1st one, in collaboration with the European Space Agency, involved 350 000 students and the 2nd one, coordinated by the CNRS involved 15000 volunteers. Her research benefits from a large media coverage due to her strong implication in science communication.

·     Partner 4 (Michel L. Lapidus, Distinguished Professor at the University of California), was the holder of the Burton Jones Endowed Chair in Pure Mathematics from 2015-2021. His research on fractal and spectral geometry, fractal complex dimensions, number theory and noncommutative geometry has been supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for over 30 years and was presented in 1989 by NSF to the US Congress and the Office of the President, as well as selected by NSF in 2014 as a research highlight for presentation to the US Congress. He is the author of over 130 publications, including over 15 research books, memoirs, and edited books. He is the recipient of several research prizes (for his work on Feynman integrals as well as for his work on the vibrations of fractal drums, the origins of fractality and the development of the theory of complex fractal dimensions). He is the editor of over 10 research journals in Mathematics, Physics, Mathematical Physics and Computer Science. He is the editor-in-chief (and founder) of the Journal of Fractal Geometry (published by the European Mathematical Society) and the director (and founder) of the book series “Fractals and Dynamics in Mathematics, Science and the Arts” (published by World Scientific). He has directed the theses of 26 Ph.D. students in Mathematics and Physics. At his institution, he has also been (or is still) a Cooperating Faculty Member in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, and of Physics and Astronomy.