- 1978-84 : Studies in physics, RWTH Aachen (Diplom-Physiker).
Traineeship
in the group of Prof. Charpak at CERN, Geneva.
Diploma thesis on the kinetic boundary layer of
Brownian particles in the vicinity of an absorbing
sphere. Advisor : U. Titulaer (Prof. Dr. em., U.
Linz, Austria).
- 1984-1988 : Thesis in physical chemistry, RWTH
Aachen (Dr. rer.
nat.). Calculation of neutron scattering
spectra of methylene chloride using molecular
dynamics simulation. Thesis advisor : A. Geiger (Prof. Dr. em., U.
Dortmund, Germany)
- 1989 : Post-doc at the Department of Scientific
and Engineering Computations at IBM, Kingston, USA
- 1990 - 1993 : Research Engineer at IBM, France
- 1993 - 1996 : Researcher at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Hochschule
(RWTH) Aachen, Germany. Habilitation in Physics (Privatdozent).
Work on constrained dynamical systems. Mentor:
B.U. Felderhof (Prof. Dr.
em., RWTH Aachen)
- 1996 and 1997 : Visiting scientist at the Laue
Langevin Institute of Grenoble, France, the
University of Paris VI, France, and the Institute
of Applied Mathematics of the Research Centre of
Jülich, Germany
- Since 1998 : Professor in physics at the
University of Orléans and at the Centre de
Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS Orléans. Group
leader "Theoretical Biophysics, Molecular
Simulation, and Scientific Computation". Work on
the structure and dynamics of biomolecules and
biological membranes by combining simulation,
theory, and experimental results. Recent research
activities cover in particular
- Slow, anomalous relaxation dynamics in
proteins, including the impact of hydrostatic
pressure.
- Theory of anomalous diffusion and application
to lipid bilayers.
- Protein secondary structure analysis.
- Theory of constrained dynamical systems,
including population dynamics.
- Methodology for molecular simulation and
analysis.
- Software development, in particular the code
nMoldyn.
- 2002 - 2004 Chargé de Mission "Informatique",
Institut de Chimie CNRS
- 2006 - 08/2023 associated with
the Synchrotron SOLEIL, St. Aubin, France
- 2015
- 2022,
Elected member (substitute 2019-2021) of
the Conseil
National des Universités.
- since 09/2023 affiliated with the
Laboratoire des Biomolécules, Ecole Normale
Supérieure, Paris, Département de Chimie.
Promotions :
- 2003 : Promoted Professeur 1ere classe by the
Conseil National des Universités (Section 28)
- 2012 : Promoted Professeur classe
exceptionnelle
1er échelon
by the Conseil National des Universités
(Section 28)
- 2023 : Promoted Professeur classe
exceptionnelle
2ème échelon
by the Conseil National des Universités
(Section 28)
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