Bio

Personal Information
Family name, First name: Patinet, Sylvain Date of birth: 25/02/1983 Nationality: French
Researcher unique identifier(s): ORCID 0000-0002-1585-8275, ResearcherID P-3492-2016
Web: Personal web page and Google Scholar profile

Research topics
— Plasticity of crystalline alloys and glasses
— Theory of elasticity/Long range defects
— Critical depinning transition
— Crack front propagation in random media

Positions
— Since 2013: CNRS researcher at PMMH (Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes) laboratory, UMR 7636 – CNRS and ESPCI (École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie de la Ville de Paris), Paris, France. Ranked 3rd by the national selection committee over 100 candidates.
— 2012-13: Postdoctoral researcher at Dep. of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. “Atomic-scale flow defect in metallic glasses”.
— 2010-12: Postdoctoral researcher at PMMH laboratory, UMR 7636 – CNRS at ESPCI, France. “Crack front propagation in heterogeneous brittle materials”.

Education
— 2022: Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres), France, “Modelling Plastic Deformation in Amorphous Solids”.
— 2006-09: PhD thesis in solid-state physics, University Paris-SUD 11, France. “Atomic scale study of the solid solution hardening in faced centered-cubic-binary alloys”. Section of Physical Metallurgy, French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Saclay, France
— 2006-07: Master of science in solid-state physics (equivalent Master’s degree) National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN), Saclay, France.
— 2001-05: Mechanical engineering school (equivalent Master’s degree in engineering) University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), France.

Honors and awards
— 2023: CNRS bronze medal rewarding the first work of specialist researchers in their field.
— 2010: Prix Jacques Dalla Torre rewarded by the French Society for Metallurgy and Materials.

Scientific productivity
— 33 articles published in leading peer-reviewed journals (including: 5 in Phys. Rev. Lett., 1 in PNAS, 2 in J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 2 in Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences), of which 2/3 as the senior/lead author or project leader.

Funded projects
— 2022-26: ANR MESOCRYSP: “Mesoscopic Model Informs Engineering Crystal Plasticity”, as participant (PI: L. Truskinovsky).
— 2021-22: INSIS PEPS, Mechanics of the future call, MARIONETTE project: “Materials for electronics ‘more-than-Moore’ ” as participant (PI: F. Amiot).
— 2020-21: Labex LaSIPS MuMoPlAS: “Multiscale Modeling of Plasticity in Amorphous Solids” as PI.
— 2016–20: ANR JCJC PAMPAS: “Physical and Atomistic-based Modelling of Plasticity in Amorphous Solids” as PI.
— 2015-19: ANR RELFI: “From Local Rearrangements to Internal Friction”, (PI: J. Crassous).

Commissions of trust and expertise
— 2024 : PhD referee for B. Sboui thesis, Université de Lyon, France.
— 2024 : PhD referee for Z. A. Manorosoa, Université de Montpellier, France.
— 2023 : Phd referee for V. Delbecq thesis, Université de Lille, France.
— 2023 : Phd referee for Z.A. Manorosoa thesis, Université de Montpellier, France.
— 2016: PhD Committee member for G. Marnier thesis, INSA Rouen, France
— 2020 and 2023: Recruitment Committee for Assistant Professor, Sorbonne University.
— Europhysics Letters – Distinguished Referee 2023.
— Referee for Acta Materialia, Applied physics letters, Computational Materials Science, Europhysics Letters, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Journal of Physics: Materials, Metals, Nature Communications, Nature Physics, Philosophical Magazine, Philosophical Magazine Letters, Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review Materials, Physical Review Research, SciPost, Soft Matter, Technical Physics (see complete profile).
— National funding agencies: ANR French National Research Agency, Emergence Sorbonne Université (France), DFG German Research Foundation (Germany), Israel Science Foundation (ISF) and Office of Basic Energy Sciences (USA).

National responsibilities
— 2016-2021: Elected member of the National Committee for Scientific Research in section: “Solid mechanics. Materials and structure. Biomechanics. Acoustics” (~2 months/year). This scientific board plays a crucial role in the French system. Its members help define the CNRS scientific policy and analyze the current outlook. The committee participates in the recruitment of researchers, promotes their careers and monitors laboratories activity.
— 2016: Member of the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) visiting committee for the Pprime laboratory (UPR 3346) evaluation.

Responsibilities at PMMH laboratory and ESPCI
— Since 2021: Elected member of the ESPCI steering committee for sustainable development.
— Since 2020: Sustainable development referent at PMMH. Member of the “collectif Labos 1point5” to better understand and reduce the environmental impact of research.
— Since 2016: Communication manager of the PMMH laboratory for the CNRS Institute for Engineering and Systems Sciences (INSIS).
— Since 2015: Organizer of the laboratory’s seminars: organization, invitation and welcome of visiting researchers (35 / year).
— Since 2013: Computer correspondent of ESPCI for the PMMH laboratory.
— Since 2013: Responsible for the high-performance computation of the PMMH laboratory: Market study, purchase, development, and administration of computing clusters.
— Since 2013: Responsible for the PMMH laboratory’s website: Redesign and administration.

Teaching and outreach activities
— Since 2018: Teacher assistant for undergraduate students at the Sorbonne University: Finite Element Method Resolution and Structural Calculation (37h / year).
— 2021: Lecture, Master 2, Current trends in material science, École Polytechnique (2h).
— 2013-17 then 2023-24: Host: Science Festival at the ESPCI, which aim to inform the public, especially scholar groups coming from primary and high schools, about developments in science and their implications for society.
— 2013-17: Internship jury, bachelor’s degrees “PhyTem” of ENS Cachan (2 half-days / year).
— 2012-13: Teacher assistant for undergraduate students at the Johns Hopkins University: Thermodynamic, bio-material structure and computational modules (40h / year).
— 2012-13: Participation to the program of research in education for the Johns Hopkins University: Interviews of student solving individual exercises (18h).
— 2010: Teacher assistant at the Faculty of Biomedical des Saints-Peres Paris Descartes: First Year Studies of Health. Physical bases of transport and equilibrium (24h).
— 2007-08: Lecturer at the National Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INSTN). Courses on syllabus of the Master’s degree in solid-state physics (30h / year).

Supervision of students
Postdoctoral students: – 2017–18 A. Hernandez-Garcia, -2018–21 D. Fernandez-Castellanos
PhD students: -2023-(26) E. Lundheim – 2019-23 D. Kumar – 2017–21 A. Barbot, – 2017-21 M. Lerbinger, – 2013-16 B. Tyukodi.
Master students (usually for a 6 months period): – 2023 L. Bernot (Mines), – 2022 G. Tejedor (Univ. Paris Cité), – 2021 P. Tanure (ENSTA), – 2020 H. Padovani (UTC), – 2019 T. Labarre (UPMC), – 2019 M. Ziapkoff (UTC), – 2019 J. Decayeux (UTC), – 2018 C. Cadet (Mines ParisTech), – 2017 A. Barbot (ENS), – 2017 M. Lerbinger (UPMC), – 2016 C. Julien (UPMC), – 2016 H. Wang (ESPCI), – 2016 P. Soudon (UPMC), – 2016 P. Le Jeannic (UPMC), – 2014 C. Ricard (UTC), – 2012 G. Vallat (UTC) – 2008 J. Tchoufag (UTC).

Organization of conferences and workshops
– 2025 : Invited Session at the next COMPLAS 2025, Non-linear scaling in material failure, Barcelone, Espagne. Co-organized with A. Doitrand et G. Molnar.
– 2025 : Symposium 12th European Solid Mechanics Conference, Multiscale Materials Modelling from Atoms to Macroscale, Lyon, France. Co-organized with R. Brenner et S. Pfaller.
– 2024: CSMA Symposium, Numerical approaches, Mathematics and physics of multiscale problems: from discrete to continuous, Giens, France. Congress of ~ 50 people co-organized with A. Hamdouni, M. Azaiez, M. Beringhier, V. Ehrlacher.
– 2023: CECAM workshop, Mesoscale modeling of driven disordered materials: from glasses to active matter. EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Conference of ~50 people co-organized with E. Agoritsas and M. Ozawa.
– 2022: Environmental issues: presentations of ESPCI’s research activities from cement to the transmission of waves at low energy costs, including enzymatic catalysis, blue energy and environmental physics. ESPCI, Paris. Conference of 50 people co-organized with A. Colin.

Presentations at international conferences and workshops
– Journées des GDRs MePhy-IDE, Paris 2025 (Invited lecture)
– Colloque Plasticité, Poitiers 2025 (Invited talk)
– PC Focus, ESPCI Paris 2025 (Invited Talk)
– Colloque Mécamat : Homogénéisation mécanique des matériaux hétérogènes, Aussois 2025
– 3e colloque Labos 1point5, Empreinte et soutenabilité des activités de recherche, Paris 2024
– Atelier : triple point of failure in glasses and gels, Paris, 2024 (Invited talk)
– XVII International Conference on Computational Plasticity, Barcelone 2023 (Invited talk)
– Atelier GDR: Interaction, Désordre, Élasticité, Les Houches 2023 (Invited talk)
– Colloque Mécamat : Les grandes transformations : aujourd’hui… demain, Aussois 2023
– Workshop: Machine Learning Glassy Dynamics, Collège de France, Paris 2022 (Invited talk)
– Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, July 2022 (Invited talk)
– CECAM Understanding plastic deformation via AI, Lugano, Mar. 2022 (Invited talk)
– CECAM Recent advances on the glass problem, Lausanne, Jan. 2022 (Invited talk)
– GDR ModMat HEAs Workshop, Thiais, Nov. 2021 (Invited talk)
– Workshop on Disordered Elastic Systems, Spetses, Greece, Sep. 2021 (Invited talk)
– Cargèse workshop Glassy Systems and Inter-Disciplinary Applications Jul. 2021 (Invited talk)
– Liquid Matter Conferences, Prague, Czech Republic, Jul. 2021 (Poster)
– CECAM Glass & Jamming, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jan. 2021 (Poster)
– Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, June 2020 (Invited talk, postponed due to COVID-19)
– UCGP7, Bristol, UK, June 2018 (Oral) – ESMC, Bologna, Italy, Jul. 2018 (2 orals)
– StatPhys26, Lyon, France, Jul. 2016 (Oral) – APS, Baltimore, USA, Mar. 2013 (Oral)
– IWCMM, Baltimore, USA, Sep. 2012 (Oral) – Les Houches, France, Jan. 2012 (Poster)
– MRS, Boston, USA, Nov. 2012 (Oral) – EuroMat, Montpellier, France, Sep. 2011 (Oral)
– EuroMat, Montpellier, France, Sep. 2011 (Oral) -CFM, Besançon, France, Aug. 2011 (2 orals)
– CECAM, Dublin, Ireland, July 2011. (Poster) – JMC12, Troyes, France, Aug. 2010 (2 orals)
– Plasticité, Marseille, France, June 2009 (Oral) – SPF, Palaiseau, France, Jul. 2009 (Poster)
– MMM, Tallahassee, USA, Oct. 2008 (Oral) – Dislocation, Hong Kong, Oct. 2008 (Poster)

Invited seminars
– FAU, Nuremberg, Germany (2024)
– LMS, Palaiseau, France (2024) – MSME, Créteil, France (2024)
– LIPhy, Grenoble, France (2024) – LaMCos, Lyon, France (2023)
– DAMTP, Cambridge, England (2021) – FEMTO, Besançon, France (2020)
– CINam, Marseille, France (2019) – L2C, Physi. Th. Department, Montpellier, France (2018)
– IPR, Soft Matter Dep., Rennes (2017) – ENS, Département de Chimie, Paris (2016)
– PMMH, ESPCI, Paris, France (Feb. 2014) – FAST, Université Paris Sud, Orsay (April 2012)
– CrisMat, ENSI, Caen, France (March 2012) – PMMH, ESPCI, Paris, France (Sep. 2011)
– Institut Pprime, Poitiers, France (Oct. 2010) – GLVT-CNRS, Thiais, France (Jan. 2010)
– UMET, Univ. de Lille, Lille, France (Nov. 2009) – SPCSI, CEA, Saclay, France (June 2009)
– LEM, ONERA, Châtillon, France (March 2009) – Roberval laboratory, UTC (May 2008)

Thesis mentoring/tutoring
Colleagues and their students honour me by sometimes asking me to become a thesis mentor or tutor. This support role allows me to interact with the doctoral student and provide a valuable external perspective. I am external to the thesis project, but the student can call on me to seek advice and obtain an external perspective. I appreciate and recommend a minimum of two meetings per year. Above all, I participate every year in the Individual Monitoring Committees, at the end of which I write a report on the thesis progress for the doctoral school.
– 2024(-27) Peng Yu. Subject : Aerodynamic and Elastic Response of Dragonfly-inspired Flapping Wings. PhD supervisor : R. Godoy-Diana (PMMH). Cosupervisor : B. Thiria (PMMH) et T. Engels (M2P2-CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille)
– 2024(-27) Jules Tampier. Subject : Flows of suspensions of flexible discs of tunable properties. PhD supervisor : A. Lindner (PMMH). Cosupervisor : P. Bourrianne (PMMH)
– 2022(-25) Alexandre Dézaphie. Sujet :Étude par simulations à l’échelle atomique et techniques d’IA de nano-phases compactes dans les matériaux métalliques. PhD supervisor : Creuze Jérôme (ICMMO/SP2M). Cosupervisor : M.-C. Marinica (CEA/SRMP)
– 2021(-25) Jiaojiao Yao. Subject : Structure of granular media and their effect on root growth. PhD supervisor : E. Kolb (PMMH). Cosupervisor : L. Dupuy (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), Espagne)
– 2019-22 Tian Gao. Subject : Mechanics of architected plates and shells. PhD supervisors : Benoît Roman et José Bico (PMMH)
– 2018-21 Pierre-Henri Delville. Subject : Bacteria swimming and the emergence of collective effects. PhD supervisor : C. Douarche (LPS Orsay). Cosupervisor : E. Clément (PMMH)
– 2017-20 Lucas Prevost. Subject : Micro-helixes in viscous flows: from fluid-structure interactions to suspension dynamics. PhD supervisor : O. Du Roure (PMMH). Cosupervisor : A. Lindner (PMMH)
– 2017-20 Manon L’Estimé. Subject : Dynamics of confined interfaces. PhD supervisor: J. Bico (PMMH). Cosupervisor : E. Reyssat (PMMH)
– 2016-19 Jean Cappello. Subject : Transport dynamics of flexible fibers in viscous flows. PhD supervisor : A. Lindner (PMMH). Cosupervisor : O. Du Roure (PMMH).