David Néron: model reduction for faster simulations
… the competitive exams in science, David Néron thought he was destined to become a teacher. However... “My initial thought was that I should go to an engineering school and then go on … order to feel legitimate as a teacher,” he states at the outset. In the end, he found his calling in the Engineering …
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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 … Maury had never considered becoming a researcher. He was attracted by abstract mathematics, although the subject … “Modelling involves the mathematisation of reality. I set up equations before analysing them and designing …
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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 curiosity and daring, open up new horizons. This was the case with Rodolphe Fischmeister. The son of … physics, joining Supélec in 1975, just as the school was setting up on the Saclay plateau. "I didn't have any real …
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Understanding the dynamics of quarks in atomic nuclei
… is trying to answer with his project PartonicNucleus, awarded an ERC grant. Although atomic nuclei are commonly described as a set of interlinked protons and neutrons, experiments on … the experiment were detected, the information we obtained was incomplete,” notes Dupré. In 2018, he received funding …
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