Since 09/2021, I am a Maitre de conference at Paris-Saclay University. Before this 

Publications

Summary : We define a universal element in equivariant KK theory whose pullback by the classifying map of a unitary flat vector bundle is the Chern Simons invariant.

Summary : We give a simple construction using an iterated deformation to the normal cone construction of the deformation groupoid of Carnot manifolds defined by van Erp and Yuncken and independently by Choi and Ponge.

Summary : We give a global point of view to Witten deformation using deformation to the normal cone construction. We show that this point of view extends effortlessly to any regular foliation. As a corollary, we obtain a new proof of Connes-Fack Morse inequalities with slightly weaker hypothesis.

Summary : We define an algebra of distributions on the holonomy groupoid of singular foliations which generalise the algebra of distributions on the holonomy groupoid of a regular foliation defined by Lescure, Manchon and Vassout here

Summary : We prove an index formula for hypoelliptic differential operators on Carnot manifolds. 

Summary : We give a topological construction to resolve singularities of an arbitrary singular foliation.


Summary : We prove a conjecture of Helffer and Nourrigat (1979 C.R.A.S) on the equivalence of maximally hypoellipticity of a differential operator D and the injectivity of the principal part of D under some representations of nilpotent Lie groups.


Summary : We give an index formula for the class of all maximally hypoelliptic operators (essentially any differential operator on any compact manifold for which the analytic index is finite and agrees with a Fredholm index for some bounded extension of the operator). This generalizes our work in 5. The approach used here is different and is based on our blowup construction of singular foliations in 6. The approach is also much simpler and more general which allows us to easily give new concrete index computations.

Summary : We prove that the algebra of Schwartz functions on Connes's tangent groupoid is closed under smooth functional calculus.

Summary : We generalise a theorem on Bellaiche on the tangent cones in sub-Riemannian geometry by showing that there are many more tangent cones than the ones constructed by Bellaiche. 


Talks

Here is a pdf file with a list of my talks. If a talk has a beamer file which I kept, then I added a link to the beamer file. The list is missing some talks from before 2022.

Thesis

Here is a copy of my thesis and reports by Higson, Julg, and Skandalis, and by the jury

CV

My CV can be found here. (last updated 01/2023)

Contact

Topologie et Dynamique

Bureau: 2L22 Bâtiment: 307

Campus: Orsay - rue Michel Magat

91400 Orsay 

Last Update 03/2024