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Category: Besse Nicolas
Last Updated: 22 April 2025

Affiliation

Laboratoire J.-L. LAGRANGE (UMR CNRS/OCA/UCA 7293)
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
CS 34229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France

Education

  • HdR (Habilitation à diriger des Recherches) in Applied Mathematics, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, 2009
  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg I, 2003
  • MSc (DEA) in Applied Mathematics, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, 2000
  • MSc (French "Grandes Écoles" Diploma) in Applied Mathematics, Dept. Génie Mathématique & Modélisation, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Toulouse, 2000

Employment

  • Professor of Applied Mathematics, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Nice, 2015–present
  • Associate Professor (Maître de Conférence) of Applied Mathematics, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, 2005–2015
  • INRIA Researcher Position in the Calvi Project-Team, Nancy, 2008–2010
  • CNRS Researcher Position at LPMIA, Nancy, 2007–2008 (6 months), 2006–2007 (6 months)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wolfgang Pauli Institute, Wien Universität, Vienna, 2004–2005 (6 months)
  • French Teaching and Research Assistantship (ATER) at IRMA, Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg I, Strasbourg, 2003–2004 (6 months)
  • HYKE Postdoctoral Fellow at the Angewandte Mathematische Institut, Albert-Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg, 2003–2004 (6 months)
  • CFR PhD Fellowship at the French Atomic Energy Commission, CEA DAM-Île-de-France, Bruyères-le-Châtel, 2000–2003 

Areas of Experience

  • Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
  • Kinetic and Multi-Fluids Equations
  • Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computing
  • Plasma Physics, Inertial and Magnetic Fusion, Plasma and Fluid Turbulence

Publications

 Click here for a list of publications and preprints

Former Projects

  • ANR VLASIX, Project on gravitational Vlasov equations, 2013-2017
  • EUROFUSION 2015, Contract on gyrokinetic equations for magnetic fusion, 2015-2017 
  • INRIA Tonus, Project on tokamaks and numerical simulations, 2013-2015
  • EUROFUSION 2014, Contract on gyrokinetic equations for magnetic fusion, 2014
  • ANR GYPSI, Contract on gyrokinetic turbulence, 2010-2014
  • LRC-EURATOM-CEA-Cadarache, Contract on magnetic fusion, 2005-2013
  • INRIA Calvi, Project on scientific computing and visualization, 2003-2012
  • INRIA AE Fusion, Contract on magnetic fusion, 2008-2012
  • ANR EGYPT, Contract on gyrokinetic turbulence, 2007-2010
  • ANR VLASOV, Contract on wave-particle interaction in Vlasovian plasmas, 2006-2009
  • INRIA ARC Fusion, Contract on magnetic fusion, 2006-2007

Graduate Student Theses Supervised

  • Swetha S. Kolluru, PhD 2024 of Physics of Indian Institut of Science Bengaluru,  Chapter 3 "Novel spectral methods for CFD", IFCAM and UniCA-Jedi fellowships, advisor: R. Pandit.
  • Frederik Moller, PhD 2023 of Engineering of Technische Universität Wien, Chapter 6 "Numerical methods for GHD", advisor: H.-J. Schmiedmayer.
  • Tobias Hertel, PhD 2020 of Applied Mathematics of Université Côte d'Azur, MENRT Fellowship.
  • Eric Madaule, PhD 2016 of Applied Mathematics of Université de Lorraine, ANR VLASIX Fellowship, co-advisor: E. Deriaz.
  • David Coulette, PhD 2013 of Plasma Physics of Université de Lorraine, CNRS/Région–Lorraine Fellowship.
  • Anaïs Crestetto, PhD 2012 of Applied Mathematics of Université de Strasbourg, Chapter 1 "Multi-water-bag models", advisors: P. Helluy, E. Sonnendrücker.
  • Rudy Klein, PhD 2009 of Plasma Physics of Université Henri Poincaré, co-advised with P. Bertrand, E. Gravier.
  • Pierre Morel, PhD 2008 of Plasma Physics of Université Henri Poincaré, co-advised with P. Bertrand, E. Gravier.

Former Postdocs Supervised

  • Nicolas Dubuit (2009-2010) ANR EGYPT Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Professor of Plasma Physics, Université Aix-Marseille 

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