Curriculum vitae

Professor of Applied Mathematics, Université de Toulouse · Scientific director of the LabEx CIMI

Research

Numerical analysis and scientific computing for partial differential equations; kinetic theory.

Applications: quantum mechanics, rarefied gas dynamics, plasma physics, life sciences. See the publications.

Appointments

Education

Honours

PhD students

Thesis reviewer

A. Sangam (Thèse, Bordeaux, France, 2008) · M. Bennoune (Thèse, Toulouse III, France, 2009) · Th. Respaud (Thèse, Strasbourg I, France, 2010) · L. Matar-Tine (Thèse, Lille, France, 2011) · V. Roudneff (Thèse Paris XI, France, 2011) · A. Crestetto (Thèse, Strasbourg I, France, 2012) · M. Mehrenberger (Habilitation, Strasbourg I, France, 2012) · Z. Xu (Tenure report, Michigan, USA, 2013) · G. Jankowiak (Thèse, Paris IX, France, 2014) · T. Février (Thèse, Paris XI, France, 2014) · M. Girardi (Thèse, Paris VI, France, 2014) · G. Dechristé (Thèse, Bordeaux, France, 2014) · A. Roth (Thèse, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany, 2014) · S. Guisset (Thèse Bordeaux, France, 2016) · L. Mendoza (PhD TU Munich, Germany, 2016) · S. Schuchnigg (PhD TU Vienna, Austria, 2016) · R. Horsain (Thèse ENS Rennes, France, 2017) · C. Standar (PhD Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2017) · S. Hirtsoaga (Habilitation, Université de Strasbourg, France, 2018) · S. S. Jamous (PhD Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA, 2019) · N. Brigouleix (Thèse Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France, 2020) · B. Gaudeul (Thèse, Université de Lille, France, 2021) · A. Frouvelle (HdR, Université Paris Dauphine, France, 2023) · S. Tran Tien (Thèse, Université Lyon 1, France, 2023) · S. Ben Ali (Thèse, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisie, 2024) · M. Badsi (HdR, Nantes Université, France, 2026)

Editorial boards

Administration

Research

  • 2025–2030
  • 2021–
    Scientific director of the LabEx CIMI
  • 2015–2020
    Member of the Scientific Council, Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
  • 2014–2017
    Member of the executive committee of GAMNI-SMAI
  • 2014
    Member of the committee for the Blaise Pascal prize of SMAI (awarded by the Académie des Sciences)
  • 2010–2012
    Member of the committee for the GAMNI PhD prize
  • 2011–2015
    Elected (substitute) member of the Conseil National des Universités, section 26
  • 2010–2015
    Member of the Scientific Council, Institut Camille Jordan
  • 2010–2014
    Coordinator of the ERC Starting Grant NuSiKiMo
  • 2006–2010
    Coordinator of the ANR Jeunes Chercheurs project MNEC (numerical methods for kinetic equations)

Teaching

  • 2015–
    Coordinator of the Bachelor track Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science for Biology (BIOMIP), Université de Toulouse
  • 2016–2021
    In charge of the Master 1 ESR (Enseignement Supérieur & Recherche), Université de Toulouse
  • 2016–2021
    Member of the Mathematics Department Council, Université de Toulouse
  • 2016–2018
    Deputy director of the Department of Mathematics, Université de Toulouse
  • 2013–2015
    Deputy director of the PhD program in computer science and mathematics, Lyon
  • 2013–2015
    Member of the Mathematics Department Council, Université Lyon 1

Organisation

Invited talks

2026 · 6
2025 · 2
2024 · 4
2023 · 3
2022 · 7
2020 · 5
2019 · 9
  • Journées Louis Antoine, November 28-29, 2019, IRMAR, Université de Rennes, France.
  • Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics (IAPCM), October 15-22, 2019, Beijing, China.
  • International workshop on "Modeling, applied analysis and computation of fluids", SUSTech, Shenzhen International Center for Mathematics and the Department of Mathematics, October 12-14, 2019, China.
  • ERC Mafran, 1st-5th July 2019, University of Cambridge, UK.
  • Workshop: Effective equations: frontiers in classical and quantum systems, June 24-28, 2019, HIM lecture hall, Bonn, Germany.
  • Hausdorff Junior Trimester Program in Kinetic Theory, May-August 2019, Bonn Germany.
  • Group discussion on asymptotic preserving, positivity preserving, collision operator, reduced order modeling, School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen 29th May - 5th June 2019, Xiamen University, China.
  • Workshop on PDEs for Biology systems, IMUS, 8-10 April 2019, Sevilla, Spain.
  • High Order Structure-Preserving Numerical Methods Algorithms, Analysis and Applications at the Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum (TSIMF), the week of January 14 to 18, 2019, Sanya, China.
2018 · 13
2017 · 9
2016 · 8
2015 · 7
2014 · 4
2013 · 8
2012 · 3
  • Workshop on Algorithm and Model Verification and Validation For Kinetic Plasma Simulation Codes, Michigan State University (USA), 12-15 November 2012.
  • 4th Summer School on Numerical Modelling for Fusion 8th-12th October 2012, Max Planck Institute - IPP, Garching near Munich (Germany)
  • Program on Multiscale Modeling, Simulation, Analysis and Applications (1st Nov 2011-20th Jan 2012) Institute for Mathematical Sciences, NUS (Singapore).
2011 · 2
  • Summer School on Kinetic Theory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai (China), June 20th-July 1st, 2011 (series of lectures).
  • Analytical and numerical methods for multiscale systems, University of Heidelberg (Germany) 14th-17th February 2011.
2010 · 9
  • Workshop PDE Models for Quantum Fluids, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge University (UK), 13th-17th December 2010
  • Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems, Oberwolfach (Germany) 5th –11th December, 2010
  • Colloque en l’honneur de Cédric Villani, Lyon (France) 23rd – 24th November, 2010
  • Analytical and numerical problems in fluid dynamics with applications, Collegio D'Aragona, Via Monsignor Ventimiglia 184, Catania (Italy), June 7th-11th 2010
  • Partial Differential Equations in Kinetic Theories, Semester 16 August-22 December 2010, Newton Institute for Maths. Sci. Cambridge University (UK).
  • CEMRACS 2010, Modèles numériques pour la fusion, Marseille (France), 19 July - 27 August 2010
  • 27th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California (USA), 10-15 July 2010
  • Joint SIAM/RSME-SCM-SEMA Meeting, Emerging Topics in Dynamical Systems and Partial Differential Equations DSPDEs'10, Barcelone (Spain), 31 may au 4 june 2010
  • Kinetic Description of Multiscale Phenomena, The 2010 Annual Kinetic FRG Meeting, Brown Univ. (USA) 10-14 may 2010,
2009 · 3
  • Méthodes numériques et applications. Marseille (France) November 2009
  • Conference Mathematical challenges of ITER, CIRM, Luminy, October 2009
  • Premier Colloque Franco-Tunisien de Mathématiques, CFTM, Djerba 16-20 March 2009
2008 · 2
  • Mini-Workshop: Numerics for Kinetic Equations, Oberwolfach, Germany, 16-22 November 2008.
  • Interdisciplinary fall school of systems biology, Aspet (France), October 2008
2007 · 2
  • Advanced school on numerical solutions of PDEs, CRM, Campus UAB, Barcelone (Spain) 15th-21st November 2007.
  • Conférence Euro Méditerranéenne sur les Biomathématiques, Université Française d'Egypte 26-28 June 2007
2006 · 5
  • 2nd MCRTN summer school on TUMATHER, Orthodox Academy of Kolympari, Crète (Greece), 15-20 July 2006
  • ``Which Mathematics for Biology?'', Anogia, Crete (Greece) 9-14 July 2006
  • ``Mathematics and its Applications'' joint meeting SIMAI, SMAI, SMF and UMI, 3-7 July 2006, Turin (Italy).
  • 3rd summer school on ''Methods and models of kinetic theory'' (M & MKT 2006), Porto Ercole (Italy) 4-10 June 2006.
  • Workshop on Mathematical Biology, Oberwolfach (Germany), 14-19 May 2006.
2005 · 5
2004 · 4
  • Workshop on Modelling of Cell Motility and Angiogenesis, Vienna (Austria) 8-12 November 2004.
  • HYKE Conference on Complex Flows: Analytical and Numerical Methods for Kinetic and Hydrodynamic Equations, CRM, Campus UAB, Barcelona (Spain) 6-9 October 2004.
  • Sixth International Workshop on Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma Dynamics, Kyoto University, Kyoto (Japan) 19-23 September 2004
  • Modelling and numerics of kinetic dissipative systems, Lipari (Italy) 27 May-3 June 2004.
2003 · 1
  • Workshop on numerical methods in plasma physics3, CIRM, Luminy (France), 24th-25th May 2003.
2002 · 1
  • TMR workshop on Asymptotic Methods in Kinetic Theory, invited speaker, Universitat des Saarlands, 29th November-1st December 2002
2001 · 1
  • Workshop Numerical simulation of charged particles, Strasbourg (France), 20th-21st June 2001.
2000 · 1
  • 5 ème Journée Thématique du projet ASCI: Equations aux Dérivées Partielles non Linéaires, Méthodes Probabilistes et Calcul Scientifique, Orsay (France), July 2000.
1999 · 1
  • Workshop on the Numerical methods for kinetic and hyperbolic equations, Ferrara (Italy) December 1999.

Seminars

2023 · 2
  • EPFL Seminar in Applied Mathematics (Lausanne, Switzerland). Feb. 23, 2023
  • French-Korean seminar in Applied Mathematics (online). Jan. 20, 2023
2021 · 1
  • Hyperbolic equations: Structure preserving numerical methods and other topics (Wurzburg, Germany). Nov. 5, 2021
2019 · 3
  • Séminaire d'Analyse appliquée - Aix-Marseille Université (CMI), 01st October 2019.
  • Colloquium Mathematik - Bonn Mathematics - Universität Bonn, 19th June 2019.
  • Maths Seminar, Ceremade, 22 Jan. Paris Dauphine (France)
2017 · 2
  • Colloquium J. Dieudonné, 13th March, Nice (France)
  • Applied Maths Seminar, Imperial College of London, 7th March, London (UK)
2016 · 2
  • Séminaire de mathématiques appliquées, 15th December, Nantes (France)
  • Séminaire de mathématiques appliquées, 1st December, Lille (France)
2015 · 2
  • Kolloquium, TUM, Munich Germany, 4th November 2015
  • Séminaire MIP, Toulouse, Avril 2015
2014 · 1
  • Colloquium Houston University, Houston (USA), 22nd October 2014
2013 · 2
  • GdT ITER, Laboratoire J-L. Lions; Paris 6, 21st February 2013
  • Séminaire analyse Numérique, IRMAR, Université de Rennes, 24th January 2013
2012 · 1
  • Séminaire de Calcul Scientifique, Bordeaux, 29 November 2012
2008 · 2
  • Seminar Applied Maths, University of Zurich, 11 December 2008
  • Séminaire de Mathématiques Appliquées, IRMAR, Université de Rennes 18 January 2007
2007 · 2
  • Seminar Applied Maths, Politecnico, Torino 10th February 2007.
  • Séminaire d'Analyse Numérique, IRMAR, Université de Rennes 18th January 2007
2006 · 4
  • Séminaire de Calcul Scientifique, Bordeaux, 21st December 2006
  • Séminaire de Mathématiques, Institut Fourier, Grenoble 02 October 2006
  • Séminaire Analyse Numérique, CMAP, Palaiseau 25th March 2006
  • Séminaire de Mathématiques Appliquées, ICJ, Lyon 18 March 2006
2005 · 2
  • Kyoto State University, Dept Mechanical Engineering and Science, 19 November 2005.
  • ICEMES, Chinese Academy of Science, 19 August 2005.
2004 · 1
  • Séminaire en Calcul Scientifique, Inria Rocquencourt (France), March 2004
2003 · 2
  • Séminaire en Physique Théorique & Mathématique, laboratoire CELIA, Université de Bordeaux, December 2003.
  • Group seminar in scientific computing, Brown University (USA), November 2003
2002 · 3
  • Séminaire du MAPMO, Orléans, December 2002.
  • Séminaire Inria projet CAIMAN, Sophia-Antipolis, April 2002.
  • Séminaire d'Analyse Numérique, Paris-Sud (Orsay), March 2002.
2001 · 2
  • Seminar in Mathematical Physics, November 2001, Catania (Italy).
  • Séminaire EDP, IRMA, Université de Strasbourg, October 2001.