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Pierre Pansu: A geometrician of hyperbolic spaces with a passion for disseminating knowledge

… in the physical sciences. “The geometry I practice is an extension of the non-Euclidean and hyperbolic geometry (where … the mentoring system which has been so successful at ENS and FMJH. “The Graduate School’s chief asset is the … in the physical sciences. “The geometry I practice is an extension of the non-Euclidean and hyperbolic geometry (where …

Published on: Fri 18/03/2022 - 16:21

Jean-Jacques Greffet: Controlling light at the nanoscale

… micrometre (1 µm or 10-6 m), the electromagnetic energy density is one hundred to one thousand times more intense than that found at ten micrometres. In this way, the … studies at the ‘École normale supérieure de Cachan’ (today ENS Paris-Saclay) and obtained his agrégation in 1982. The …

Published on: Mon 11/04/2022 - 15:05

Bertrand Maury: mathematising reality

… CNRS) and has been an associate professor of mathematics at ENS – PSL for eight years. A specialist in the mathematical … not lead to quite the same thing. It’s this gap which opens up new issues.”   The lung, a beautiful mathematical … as a whole can be seen as a single point in an infinite dimensional space sliding along the line of greatest slope of a …

Published on: Thu 01/09/2022 - 10:27

Frank Georgi: understanding the societal landscape through the history of trade unionism

… Laboratory (IDHES - Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. d’Évry, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Univ. Vincennes-Saint-Denis, Univ. … Georgi's work led him to focus on the international dimension of the concept of self-management. "I realized that … For example, the Graduate School has launched the Intensive Week, a cutting-edge transdisciplinary education …

Published on: Thu 27/10/2022 - 09:37

Emmanuel Flurin: When quantum technologies play with the laws of the Universe

… Research Emmanuel Flurin is a researcher at the Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory (SPEC - Univ. Paris-Saclay, … circuits, he has just developed the world's most sensitive power sensor, pushing the limits of magnetic resonance. Quantum …

Published on: Thu 31/08/2023 - 16:00

Jacqueline Cherfils: from molecular switches to drugs

… and Applied Pharmacology (LBPA - Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay) , where she heads up the Structural … another regulatory protein without which nothing happens."    Like double-sided tape With these initial … and Applied Pharmacology (LBPA - Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, ENS Paris-Saclay) , where she heads up the Structural …

Published on: Wed 04/10/2023 - 10:09

Yilin Wang: at the interface of probability and complex analysis

… schools. She naturally joined the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) on Rue d'Ulm and took advantage of these years to … schools. She naturally joined the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) on Rue d'Ulm and took advantage of these years to …

Published on: Wed 13/12/2023 - 14:22

Marie Erard: A chemist tackling life head-on

… the chemistry department of the École normale supérieure (ENS) Ulm in 2002, is not unrelated to her current research … of research: the development of fluorescent probes and biosensors based on fluorescent proteins for imaging, and the … the chemistry department of the École normale supérieure (ENS) Ulm in 2002, is not unrelated to her current research …

Published on: Tue 19/12/2023 - 11:29

Aline Lefebvre-Lepot: modelling and simulating granular flows

… algorithms for simulating granular media and viscous suspensions for a better understanding of their behaviour. "Have … are few particles, sufficiently far apart), but for very dense systems, these questions are still relevant." No matter … mathematical study of models and algorithms is essential to ensure their efficiency and accuracy. "This leads to …

Published on: Wed 24/01/2024 - 09:45

Camille Coron: a passion for applied mathematics

… Paris, after her baccalaureate. She then prepared for the ENS Paris-Saclay competitive exam, which she passed in 2006. … two copies. This results in a complexity that is studied extensively from a biological perspective, but rarely from a … its history, that is, its genealogy, not in the usual sense of tracing all the relatives in a ‘family tree’. I'm …

Published on: Wed 14/02/2024 - 07:35

Philippe Mendels: exploring condensed matter

… Philippe Mendels: exploring condensed matter Philippe Mendels: exploring condensed matter Philippe Mendels, an emeritus professor at … , he has made significant discoveries in the field of condensed matter. Researcher portraits Research A brilliant …

Published on: Sun 13/10/2024 - 10:00

Aurélien Marabelle: using the immune system as a therapeutic tool to treat cancer

… environment, here I was confronted with a very intense world, particularly during a consultation with a young … exam in science, entered the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Lyon, obtained a master's degree in physiology which … is to use patient samples to try and understand what happens before and during immunotherapy, or conversely, to use …

Published on: Thu 21/11/2024 - 15:00