The chair Biography and publications Public lectures Guest lecturers Annual summaries Audios and videos News 2026 - 2027 Computational Soft Matter/Polymer Physics Kurt Kremer 09 Sep 2026 → 25 Sep 2026 Guest lecturer 09 Sep 2026 → 25 Sep 2026 2024 - 2025 Order, Geometry and Defects Mark Bowick 12 May 2025 → 02 Jun 2025 Guest lecturer 12 May 2025 → 02 Jun 2025 2023 - 2024 Polymer Physics in Cell Nucleus Alexander Grosberg 23 Apr 2024 → 14 May 2024 Guest lecturer 23 Apr 2024 → 14 May 2024 2022 - 2023 Mathematical Models of Active Matter Leonid Berlyand 21 Feb 2023 → 21 Mar 2023 Guest lecturer 21 Feb 2023 → 21 Mar 2023 2021 - 2022 Hydrodynamics of cell movement Eric Lauga 30 May 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 Guest lecturer 30 May 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 2019 - 2020 Birth, Death, and Flight: The Hydrodynamics of Malthusian Flocks John Toner 16 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:00 Guest lecturer Salle 5, Site Marcelin Berthelot 16 Dec 2019 15:00 - 16:00