Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matière Condensée

Benichou   CNRS LPTMC SU

Senior CNRS researcher

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All my recent publications are available on arXiv.

Keywords: statistical physics, out-of-equilibrium, random walks, stochastic processes, first passage times, non-Markovian processes, exploration dynamics


Nucleus First-passage times of random walks in confinement

Dog Exploration Intermittent search strategies

Tagged particle in 2D Interacting particle systems

Sites Exploration Universal exploration dynamics of random walks
  • Since 2017 : CNRS Research Director (1st class) at LPTMC
  • 2011-2017 : CNRS Research Director (2nd class) at LPTMC
  • 2000-2011 : Assistant Professor at UPMC, Lab of P.G. de Gennes, Collège de France, and then LPTMC
  • 1999-2000 : Postdoc at LPTMS, Orsay, France
  • 1996-1999 : PhD in Theoretical physics, LPTL, Paris, France

Awards and grants

  • 2017 : Prize Paul Langevin of the Physical French Society (with Raphaël Voituriez)
  • 2011 : ERC Starting Grant (Panel: Consolidator)
  • 2008 : Member of the "Institut Universitaire de France"
  • 2008 : PI of the ANR project "Dynamique et optimisation des processus de transport intermittents"