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–  Carole-Ann Charles has defended her PhD thesis on ’Gouttes et billes sous grande déformation biaxiale : le rôle de la viscosité et de l’élasticité ’ (December 2nd, 2021). This work was supervised by C. Ligoure and L. Ramos.

–  Rosa D’Ambrosio has defended her PhD thesis on ’Nanomatériaux à base de nanotubes de carbone monofeuillets en suspensions aqueuses : étude des perspectives de développement de capteurs thermiques et de microgels hybrides photo-actuateurs’ (November 26th, 2021). This work was supervised by E. Anglaret and C. Blanc.

–  Guilhem Poy has joined the Soft Matter Team as a "Chargé de Recherche CNRS" on the 1st October 2021. His main research project is dedicated to the diffusion in chiral liquid crystals and other chiral environments.

–  Abir Aouini has defended her PhD thesis on ’Cristaux liquides nématiques de type Twist-Bend - mécanismes de commutation et applications ’ (December 18th, 2020). Her reviewers were : Emmanuelle Lacaze (INSP/Sorbonne University), Claire Meyer (Université d’Amiens), JL de Bougrenet de la Tocnaye (IMT Atlantique) , Christophe Blanc (L2C, Montpellier), Maurozop Nobili (Supervisor, L2C, Montpellier) and Daniel Stoenescu (Co-Supervisor, IMT Atlantique, Montpellier).

–  Un groupe de 12 collégiens de 3eme des collèges de la région viendra visiter les laboratoires de physique de Montpellier (L2C et LUPM) durant la semaine du 14 au 18 décembre, dans le cadre de leur stage d’observation. Le programme est assuré par des bénévoles de deux laboratoires, et couvre des aspects aussi différents que la cosmologie, le graphène, la conception d’expériences, ou la diffusion de rayons-X. Environ une trentaine d’ateliers et de visites d’expériences est organisée par demi-journée, pour des petits groupes de quelques élèves, pour leur donner un aperçu de nos activités.

–  Alessandro CARBONARO has defended his PhD thesis on ’Capillary phenomena and instabilities in driven miscible liquids and soft solids’ (November 19th, 2020). His reviewers were : Isabelle Cantat (University of Rennes), Lucio Isa (ETH, Zurich), Howard Stone (Princeton University) , Manouk Abkarian (CBS, Montpellier), Laura Casanellas-Vilageliu (L2C, Montpellier), Domenico Truzzolillo (Supervisor, L2C, Montpellier) and Luca Cipelletti (Co-Supervisor, L2C, Montpellier).

– L’équipe matière molle en microgravité : Alessandro Carbonaro, Luca Cipelletti et Domenico Truzzolillo ont effectué des expériences en apesanteur pour étudier la tension interfaciale entre fluides miscibles. Les expériences, soutenues par le Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), se sont déroulées à bord de l’Airbus A310 ZERO-G. Lors d’un vol « zéro g », les pilotes effectuent plusieurs fois une trajectoire parabolique, au cours de laquelle l’état d’apesanteur est recréé à bord pendant 22 secondes. L’équipe a pu profiter de 93 phases de microgravité, réparties sur 3 jours de vols (6-8 Octobre 2020).

–  Angelo POMMELLA , former Post-doc (2015-2019), has got an assistant professor position in INSA de LYON. He is developing his research in "Polymères, Verres et Matériaux Hétérogènes" group of "Matériaux : Ingénierie et Science" (MATEIS) lab since September 2020.

– Ahlem HABIBI has defended her PhD thesis- on the ’Viscoelastic properties of liquid crystals studied with colloidal particles’ (28th of September 2019) in University of Tunis and in strong collaboration with C. Blanc (L2C). During her PhD, Ahlem visited the lab several times.

– Création du GDR 2050 Polymères et Océans (Janvier 2019), direction : Pascale Fabre (L2C), Matthieu George (L2C) , JF Ghiglione (LOMIC) Banyuls, Fabienne Lagarde (IMMM, Le Mans).

– Young researchers potentially interested to apply to the CNRS in 2019 with the Soft Matter Team should contact us before 1rst october. Please email to Gladys.Massiera_AT_umontpellier.fr.

– Stefano VILLA has defended his PhD thesis on 26th novembrer 2018. The title of his work was ’Comportement d’un colloïde à proximité d’une interface air-eau : interactions et dynamique’ and he was advised by Maurizio Nobili.

– Anthony PHIMPHACHANH has defended his PhD thesis on 19th novembre2018. The title of his work was ’Synthèse et assemblage électrostatique de copolymères à blocs double-hydrophiles.’ and he was advised by Martin In and Patrick Lacroix-Desmazes(ICGM).

– Alexey BRODOLINE has defended his PhD thesis on 29th october 2018. The title of his work was ’Holographie numérique appliquée à l’imagerie 3D rapide de la circulation sanguine chez le poisson-zèbre’ and he was advised by Michel Gross (official supervisor) and Daniel Alexandre.

– Delphine COURSAULT Post-doc (2013-2014 with M. Nobili and C.Blanc) has got an assistant professor position in University of Bordeaux. She is developing her research in "Photonique et Matériaux" group of LOMA lab since September 2018.

– Next 4th and 5th of July, the L2C Soft Matter team organizes a workshop in the frame of the meeting between Barcelona and Montpellier Universities. We will welcome students and researchers from the Physics and Physico-Chemistry departments of Barcelona University.

– A new GDR "Matière Molle" is in place since January,1^st 2018. It is co-lead by Dr L. Ramos. More details can be found here.

– We are currently coorganizing the 14th European Summer School on "Scattering Methods Applied To Soft Condensed Matter (19 - 26 June 2018 in Bombannes).

– Mohamed Amine GHARBI (2008-2011, PhD supervised by M. Nobili & C.Blanc) has got an assistant professor position in University of Massachusetts Boston. He is developing his own research group since January 2018.

– Dafne MUSINO has defended her PhD thesis on ’Impact of surface modification on the structure and dynamics of silica-polymer nanocomposites’ (24th of november 2017). Her reviewers were : Silvina Cerveny (San Sebastian) and Paul Sotta (Lyon), Thomas Hellweg (Bielefeld), Hubert Mutin (Montpellier), Thomas Chaussée (Solvay), Anne-Caroline Genix and Julian Oberdisse.

– Hayfa JERIDI has defended her PhD thesis on ’Behavior of colloidal particles in nematic films’ (7th of July 2017) in University of Tunis and in strong collaboration with C. Blanc (L2C). Haifa visited the lab four times during her PHD (several months each time).

– The article of Antigoni THEODORATOU et al ’Vegetable oil hybrid films cross-linked at the air-water interface : formation kinetics and physical characterization’ features on the cover page of Soft Matter.

• Congratulations to Anne-Caroline Genix, who received the prize of the French Physical Society and the GFP French Polymer Group for her works on polymer nanocomposites (2016), click !.

• The article of Laura Casanellas et al. The stabilizing effect of shear thinning on the onset of purely elastic instabilities in serpentine microflows features on the cover page of Soft Matter (August 2016).

• Matthieu GEORGE and Anne-Caroline GENIX joined the Soft Matter Team as a premanent staff members (2016).

• We are currently coorganizing the 13th EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON "SCATTERING METHODS APPLIED TO SOFT CONDENSED MATTER" (20 - 27 June 2016 in Bombannes).

• We are participating in the organization of the 4th INTERNATIONAL SOFT MATTER CONFERENCE (ISMC2016) (Grenoble, 12 -16 September 2016).

• Congratulations to Valentin Roger with a successful PhD defense, "Viscosity and Microscopic dynamics in dense colloidal suspensions" (Dec. 2015).

• Congratulations to Xiaolu Wang with a successful PhD defense, "Janus Colloids Surfing at the Surface of Water" (Dec. 2015).

• Congratulations to Céline Schmitt with a successful PhD defense, "Surface modification of oxide nanoparticles using phosphonic acids : characterization, surface dynamics, and dispersion in sols and in nanocomposites" (Dec. 2015).

• Pascal Fabre joined the Soft Matter Team as a premanent staff member (2015).

• Congratulations to Clara VERNAY with a successful PhD defense, "Déstabilisation de nappes liquides d’émulsions diluées" (Nov. 2015).

• We organize a workshop "Matière molle pour la science des aliments : Compréhension et Structuration" ; 28 and 29 octobre 2015, campus SupAgro, Montpellier.

• Congratulations to Domenico TRUZZOLILLO who obtained a CR2 CNRS position ! He will continue his research in our Team as a permanent staff member (October 2015).

• Congratulations to Laura CASANELLAS VILAGELIU who obtained a "maître de conférence" position in our Team at L2C (September 2015).

• We are currently organizing an International Workshop STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, Montpellier (June 22-24, 2015).

• We are currently organizing an International Workshop on Dynamics in Viscous Liquids, Theatrum Anatomicum, Montpellier (May 4 - 7, 2015).

• Congratulations to Cyrille CLAUDET who obtained a "Ingénieur de Recherche en rhéologie des matériaux" position at Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée (LPMC), Nice (2015).

• Daniel Alexandre joined the Soft Matter Team as a premanent staff member (2015).

• Manouk Abkarian left our Team to start his research activity at the Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CBS Montpellier (2015).

• Congratulations to Giuseppe Boniello with a successful PhD defense, "Brownian motion of partially wetted colloids " (Feb. 2015).

• Congratulations to Mohsen Dahesht with a successful PhD defense, "Unraveling the mechanisms for the structuration of gluten : a multiscale approach using model systems" (Nov. 2014).

• Congratulations to Céline CHARBONNEAU who obtained a "maître de conférence" position at Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (July 2014).

• We are currently organizing a Softcomp topical workshop titled "Fracture of soft materials : from soft solids to complex fluids", 15-18 October 2014, website.
  The workshop aims at gathering experimentalists and theoreticians from various fields – soft condensed matter physics, rheology and mechanics, and material science – to explore new frontiers in soft fracture mechanics and to stimulate the coming-of-age of this growing field. It will be a place to discuss a variety of phenomena (brittle/ductile transition, elastic blunting, self-healing cracks, adhesive cracks, yielding in cohesive and repulsive soft solids, rheochaos, effects of large-scale heterogeneity, …) and to make a survey of the state of the art in designing model systems, non-standard experimental techniques and new theoretical developments.

• We coorganize the CheMISyst "International Practical Summer School on Interfacial and Molecular Systems Chemistry" in Sept. 2014, info

• In the framework of the Labex CheMISyst, we organize a workshop “Ultrasound and Fluid Interfaces” on May, 22 (2014) at L2C in Montpellier, see the link.

• In the framework of the Labex NUMEV, we organize a workshop “Water Treatment : Fundamentals and Engineering” on March, 21 (2014) at IEM in Montpellier, see the link.

• Congratulations to Serge Mora who obtained a professor position at the Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil de Montpellier (Oct. 2013).

• The soft matter team is partner of the European initial training network SUPOLEN (Marie-Curie action for the Framework program 7)
  Supramolecular assembly of polymeric structures : a novel route to enhance soft materials properties(1-10-2013 to 30-09-2017) with two Marie-Curie PhD positions ( positions closed)).

Supramolecular polymeric assemblies represent an emerging, promising class of systems with superior versatility compared to their covalent polymeric counterparts. They offer exciting new opportunities for stimuli-responsive structures exhibiting reversible tunable properties, with applications in foodstuff, coatings , cost-efficient processes or biomedical areas.The project is highly interdisciplinary and inter-sectorial, the groups involved are world-leaders in their fields, and the tasks and partners are strategically linked. SUPOLEN reflects European leadership in the field. It offers young researchers a unique training platform with appropriate exposure to a broad range of emerging topics in soft matter and to the industrial sector. It will provide them with the needed tools for addressing relevant scientific and technological challenges.

• Congratulations to Octavio Eduardo Albarran Arriagada with a successful PhD defense, "How curling dynamics in gift ribbons works" (Dec. 2013).

• The Labex CheMISyst and our team organize a Workshop "Equilibres statiques et dynamiques de l’eau "adsorbée" dans les systèmes poreux auto-assemblés" et "pressions osmotiques" (13 dec. 2013, Université d’Avignon).

• Congratulations to Guillaume Foyart with a successful PhD defense, "Fractures et instabilités de fluides viscoélastiques en cellule de Hele-Shaw" (Nov. 2013).

• Congratulations to Guilhem P. Baeza with a successful PhD defense, "Simplified industrial nanocomposites" (Nov. 2013).

• The Labex CheMISyst and our team organize a Workshop on "Pickering Emulsions" link (Jun. 2013).

• This article by Guilhem Baeza et al a features on the cover of ’Macromolecules’.

• Manouk Abkarian has received the bronze medal of CNRS (2012).

• Teresa Lopez-Leon has obtained a CNRS position at ESPCI, lab Gulliver.

• The article by Neda Ghofraniha et al features on the cover page of ’Soft Matter’.

• Congratulations to Nathalie Casanova with a successful PhD defense, "Compréhension du mécanisme d’invasion des globules rouges par Plasmomodium Falciparum : Apport de l’étude de la motilité du parasite sur substrat rigide" (Dec. 2012)

• Congratulations to Elisa Tamborini with a successful PhD defense,
  "Colloidal metallurgy : structure and mechanical properties of a model colloidal system as an analog of atomic polycrystals"(Dec. 2012).

• We organize an international workshop in octobre 2012 ’New horizons of colloidal science’.