Christophe Raufaste
Professor, Université Côte d'Azur
Junior fellow (2020), Institut Universitaire de France
Research
My research is at the intersection between soft matter, fluid
mechanics and nonlinear physics. The subjects cover
surface-tension-driven flow and the dynamics of soft elastic objects
with a large range of applications from the mechanics of liquid
foams to fish locomotion.
Latest news
D. Paulovics starts his PhD on freezing droplets.
October 2021
The project DRAINFILM
is funded by the french national research agency.
December 2020
L. Fu starts a postdoc on machine learning for fish locomotion
December 2020
G. Giombini starts his PhD on superpropulsion of slender elastic
beams
October 2019
4-7 June 2019. A transdisciplinary conference on nonlinearity and
disorder in wave phenomena, from microscopic to physiologic and
astronomical scales. We are organizing the session
Nonlinear waves at interfaces.
27-29 March 2019
C. d'Angelo starts his PhD on impact of multi-layered projectiles
October 2018
J. Sanchez-Rodriguez starts his PhD on fish locomotion
October 2018
Sabbatical leave until August 2018 in the group of Prof.
Ray Goldstein
Jan.-Aug. 2018, DAMTP, University of Cambridge