2000-2019 Professor of Physics (PR1) Sorbonne University, France.
1990-1999 Researcher (CR1) at the CNRS.
1990 Post-doctoral fellow, University of Paris 6, France.
1989 Lecturer in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
1986-1989 Teaching-assistant at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
1985 Research Fellow at the E.S.P.C.I., Paris.
Education
1986-1989 Ph.D. in Chemistry and in Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Scientific advisers: Profs. Raoul Kopelman and Leonard Sander.
1988 Master of Science in Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
1984 Master in Physics of Liquids, University of Paris 6.
1980-1984 Engineering diploma at the E.S.P.C.I., Paris.
Research Interests
- Active and bacterial fluids
- Physics of granular media and suspensions
- Chemical kinetics in confined geometry
- Transport in porous media
Project organization and Contracts
- Joint Research Program (PRC) CNRS-Royal Society, with University of Edimburgh (2017-2018) “Macroscopic and Microscopic properties of active matter» (Co-PIs E.Clement – V.Martinez).
- Contract of bilateral collaboration with Chile, ECOS-Sud (2017-2018) : « Active fluids in confined environments » with Physics Dept., Univ. de Chile (Co-PIs E.Clement – R. Soto).
- ANR 2015-2019 – BacFlow “Hydrodynamic transport and dispersion of bacterial suspensions: from the micro-hydrodynamic scale up to porous media” PI E.Clément with A.Auradou and C.Douarche, Univ.Paris-Sud.
- Projet SESAME-Region Ile de France 2015-2017 . MiFaMiLab: “Fabrication and manipulation of bio inspired and active micro devices. Study from individual to collective behavior in complex environments.” Collective project involving 11 teams of 3 laboratories around a micro-fabrication platform (PI E.Clément).
- Contract CNES- 2011 -2016– «Transition d’encombrement d’un milieu granulaire faiblement vibré : de la réponse acoustique au contrôle d’écoulement » (PIClément).
- Contract ANR-2010-2014 JamVibe « Au travers de la transition vitreuse d’un milieu granulaire : modes mous, acoustique et rhéologie» (PI. J.Kurchan).
- Contract of bilateral collaboration with Chile, ECOS-Sud (2012-2014) : « Granular matter and active suspensions » with Physics Dept., Univ. de Chile (Co-PIs E.Clement – R. Soto).
- Contract of bilateral collaboration with Germany, Procope (2012-2013) : « Motility and self-organization of magnetotactic bacteria », with Microbiology Dept, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munchen (Co-PIs: E.Clément – D.Schuler).
- Grant “Prise de Risque CNRS-Interface Physique-Chimie-Biologie (2011) » Motilité et auto-organisation des bactéries magnétotaxiques (PI E.Clément).
- Contract Emergence-UPMC 2010 Modélisation expérimentale et théorique des contraintes mécaniques du tissu adipeux humain: cas de la fibrose associée à l’obésité. (PI K.Clement)
Fellowships, distinctions, responsabilities
- Advisor of 17 Ph.D. students (15 completed).
- Editorial board : The European Physical Journal E, Granular matter .
- Member of the AEMMG Committee (since 2009), Coorganizer of the Powders & Grains Conferences
- Co-director GDR-CNRS « Pâtes et Poudres » 2000-2003
- « Casimir Fayans » Prize of the Chemistry Department, University of Michigan : « for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation », (1993)
- Post-Doctoral fellowship of the French Academy of Science (1990).
- Fellowship of the French Institute for Petroleum Research (I.F.P.) (1984-1985).
Publications
More than 100 publications in international refereed journals and 80 invited international conferences, 46 conferences proceedings.