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I obtained my PhD in Applied Mathematics at the University of Maryland in 1988, under the guidance of Ivo Babuska. I was then hired as chargé de recherche CNRS at the Center for Applied Maths of Ecole Polytechnique. I took a leave of absence from CNRS in 95-96, which I spent at Rutgers University.
Since 2001, I have been a full professor at Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble (now part of Université Grenoble-Alpes). After a sabbatical half-year at the MSRI in Berkeley in 2010, I served as chairman of the Grenoble applied math department (Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann) from 2011 to mid-2016. At the end of my term, I took a sabbatical year, which I partly spent at the IMA at the University of Minnesota. I am currently at Institut Fourier.
My topics of interest include the mathematical modeling of composite materials, and particularly, the regularity of the fields (temperature, voltage potential, electromagnetic fields, elastic displacement...) in inhomogemeous media that contain close to touching inclusions. These questions have strong connections to inverse problems, metamaterials, shape optimisation and fracture.
Long term visits/Visiting Professorships
Rutgers University (1996-97)
MSRI Berkeley (2010)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2016)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2016)
IMA University of Minnesota (2017)
Current Research Interests
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Regularity properties of the elliptic operators that describe composite media
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The Neumann-Poincaré operator and its properties
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Inverse problems (metamaterials, detection problems)
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Shape optimization
Publications
Current services to the community
- Coordinator of the
Jean Kuntzmann Prize a distinguished lectures series of the Grenoble math/computer science community.
- Scientific coordinator of the partnership Université Grenoble Alpes-McMaster University.
Recent Talks
PhD Students
- Faten Khayat (1997--2001 co--direction with T. Hadhri, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie) currently, assistante de mathématiques, LAMSIN, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.
- Fehmi Ben Hassen (1999--2004, co--direction with A. Ben Abda, ENIT Tunis)
currently Associate Professor, IA University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
- Morgan Brassel (2003--2008) currently agrégé de mathématiques.
- Elie Bretin, (2005--2009, co--direction with V. Perrier, LJK)
Maître de Conférence, INSA Lyon.
- Frédéric Huguet, (2005, co--direction with F. Devernay)
currently research engineer CEA Grenoble.
- Lukas Jakabcin, (2009-2013, co-direction with A. Replumaz and S. Labbe)
Maître de Conférence Orléans.
- Abdelfatah Gtet (2013-2017, co-direction with F. Triki).
- Qi Xue (2014-2017, co-direction with F. Triki), software Engineer at Cascination.
- Chun-Hsiang Tsou (2014-2017, co-direction with F. Triki) assistant professor,
National Central University, Taiwan.
- Ang\`ele Niclas (2019-2022, co-direction with L. Seppecher and G. Vial)
Maître de Conférence MAP5 Paris Cité.
- Carlos Brito-Pacheco (2021-2024, co-direction with Ch. Dapogny)
Research engineer, team Commedia, INRIA Paris.
- Roman Moskalenko (2023- co-direction with Ch. Dapogny).
- Chun-Hsiang Tsou (2024- co-direction with Ch. Lacave).
Former Postdocs
- Mouhcine Tilioua, postdoc CNRS (2004--2005).
- Sivaji Ganesh Sista, postdoc Région Rhône--Alpes,
(2004--2005) currently assistant professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
- J.F. Babdjian, postdoc CNRS (2007--2008) currently professor at Université d'Orsay.
- David Manceau, ATER (2008--2009) currently maître de conférences at
Université du Havre.
- H. Amrani Souhli, postdoc ANR (2009).
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