Group “Statistical Physics and Condensed Matter”
The activities of the “Statistical Physics and Complex Systems” team cover a wide spectrum
of research topics.
One direction concerns the statistical physics of open quantum systems (out of equilibrium), and the development of models and analytical tools to study non-equilibrium steady states.
The team moreover focuses strongly on the statistical physics of complex systems and complex networks, from the study of their structure to the study of dynamical processes on networks, and is a pioneer in the study of temporal networks and hypergraphs.
Since the network paradigm can be used to describe many systems of different origins and natures, our research is interdisciplinary, including interactions with the social sciences, epidemiology, computer science, and neuroscience.
The team also participates in the Convergence Institute CENTURI and has developed a very dynamic activity towards life sciences. It hosts PIs partially funded by CENTURI, whose research topics concern collective effects and self-organization in living systems, cell mechanics, and neuroscience. They interact with experimental groups in particular at IBDM and INMED.
The methods used by the team members range from rigorous mathematical tools to numerical simulations and the analysis of empirical data, covering the full range of standard approximation tools in statistical physics.
| AGOSTINELLI | Cosimo | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| ASCH | Joachim | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.20 | Contact |
| ASCHBACHER | Walter | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.16 | Contact |
| BARRAT | Alain | Researcher Director | +33.4.91.26.95.40 | Contact |
| BREIER | Patrick | Visitor | Contact | |
| ESTAVOYER | Maxime | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| GAMBAUDO | Juliette | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| GANDOLFO | Daniel | Research teacher emeritus | +33.4.91.26.95.10 | Contact |
| GENOIS | Mathieu | Research teacher Team leader « Statistical Physics and Complex Systems » | +33.4.91.26.95.42 | Contact |
| IANNELLO | Ludovico | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| MANCASTROPPA | Marco | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| MAURIAL | Gabriel | Ph.D. | Contact | |
| MERKEL | Matthias | Researcher | +33.4.91.26.95.12 | Contact |
| PILLET | Claude-Alain | Research teacher | +33.4.91.26.95.32 | Contact |
| ROUAULT | Herve | Researcher | +33.4.91.26.95.13 | Contact |
| ROULEUX | Michel | Research teacher emeritus | +33.4.91.26.97.97 | Contact |
| RUPPRECHT | Jean-Francois | Researcher | +33.4.91.26.95.14 | Contact |
| VIEIRA-MENDES | Toni | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| VINZE | Prathmesh | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| WANG | Michael | Post Ph.D. | Contact | |
| ZETT | Lukas | Ph.D. | Contact |
Miniatures on Open Quantum Systems
Complex Analysis and Operator Theory, 2026, 20, pp.116. (10.1007/s11785-026-01967-9)
A model of 3D confluent tissue behaves as an under-constrained glass
Soft Matter, 2026, (10.1039/D6SM00255B)
A non-invasive approach for understanding localized force generation in 3D tissues
2026
Multilayer network science: theory, methods, and applications
Journal of Complex Networks, 2026, 14 (2), (10.1093/comnet/cnag007)
Entropy Maximization and Weak Gibbsianity of Quasi-Free Fermionic States
2026
Adhesion differentials control the rheology of biomimetic emulsions
Biophysical Journal, 2026, 125 (7), pp.1686-1700. (10.1016/j.bpj.2026.03.004)
Higher-order dissimilarity measures for hypergraph comparison
Journal of Complex Networks, 2026, 14 (1), (10.1093/comnet/cnaf048)
Non-linear visco-elasto-plastic rheology of a viscous vertex model
2026
Shape-transitions of a morphing illusory contour can be decoded during multiple-object tracking from the ongoing EEG
Communications Psychology, 2026, 4 (1), pp.48. (10.1038/s44271-026-00427-6)
Group adaptation drives opinion dynamics in higher-order networks
APS Open Science, 2026, 1, pp.000028. (10.1103/gcz4-wwb3)
