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Gilles Uhlrich: At the forefront of education
… environment which encouraged sport. From an early age, he wanted to become a physical education teacher. After the baccalaureate, he took the entrance exam to become … Yvelines, he returned to Orsay in 1997. In the process, he swapped the football pitch for the rugby pitch. “Daniel …
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Bertrand Maury: mathematising reality
… from particle flows to the movement of crowds. He has been awarded a 2022 silver medal by the CNRS. Before graduating … of flat glass and was more related to fluid mechanics. After defending his thesis in 1995, Bertrand Maury decided … To begin with, the mathematician was involved in so-called ‘service’ mathematics for other sciences. This involved …
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Yann Brenier enriches mathematics with insights from fluid mechanics
… inspired by fluid mechanics, as humble as he is passionate. After taking a scientific baccalaureate in 1973 at the age … partial differential equations, used to model shock wave propagation phenomena. "To my surprise, this … this breakthrough." In 1984, Yann Brenier did his national service in 'cooperation' at the National Autonomous …
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Laure Quivy: when numerical analysis challenges randomness
… ENS Paris-Saclay, Univ. Paris-Cité, French Defence Health Service SSA) . Specialising in numerical analysis and … also deeply committed to education and promoting diversity. After completing her scientific baccalaureate, Laure Quivy … Paris-Sud (now Université Paris-Saclay) in 1985. It was there that she earned her master's degree and embarked …
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Philippe Mendels: exploring condensed matter
… eventually becoming a certified physics teacher. After an internship at the Laboratory of Solid-State Physics … to a 2nd year master’s degree), he completed his national service as a teacher in a secondary school in Togo. " It was a great experience ," he says. The young physicist then …
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Rodolphe Fischmeister: a pioneer in cardiac cellular electrophysiology
… channels and their regulation by the cyclic nucleotide pathway. Researcher portraits Research Some journeys, through … Corabœuf, an important figure in cardiac physiology. After graduating from Supélec in 1978 and moving into … and 2020. This enabled the IFR to grow and become a joint service unit ( UMS IPSIT ), which now boasts eleven …
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