Jérôme Daquin – Academic Website

About 🔍

Since Oct. 2025, I am Junior Professor at the University of Toulon (Toulon, France) and a member of the Centre de Physique Théorique, CPT (UMR 7332), team "Nonlinear dynamics" led by Prof. Xavier Leoncini. Life in the south-east of France, on the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), is like winning the lottery. I like applying nonlinear dynamics, in its broad sense, to a wide range of environments - I mean, applying the tools of dynamical system theory and chaos to nonlinear physical problems. My work so far primarily focused on resonances and chaotic transport in near-Earth space. Currently, I lead a chair dedicated to studying the nonlinear dynamics of swarms of underwater drones - and I slowly come to underwater acoustics (in the framework of Hamiltonian rays) and the dynamics of self-propelled "particles".

Previous Positions

Assistant Prof., University of Namur, Belgium (2023–2025),
F.R.S.-FNRS postdoctoral fellow, University of Namur (2020–2023),
Postdoctoral fellow, UNSW Canberra, Australia (2020-2021),
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Padova (2018-2020),
Postdoctoral fellow, RMIT University (2016-2018).

Education

Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Paris Observatory (2015),
M.Sc. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Paris Observatory (2012),
M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, University of Lille (2011),
B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Lille (2010).

News and announcements 📢

Looking for a funded PhD or postoc? Contact me. Topics sit at the intersection of dynamical systems, fluid dynamics, auto-organisation and self-propelled agents.

A fully funded PhD position (3 years) is planned for Sept. 2026. (ED 548, Mer et Sciences)
A fully funded postdoc position (2 years) is also planned for Sept. 2026.

Registrations are open for the KePASSA workshop later this May! See KePASSA's website and the poster below. Looking forward welcoming you in Toulon.

2 papers recently accepted:
- The European Physical Journal Special Topics - Leveraging temporal features of the divergence measure to detect chaos in conservative systems, with Tamas Kovacs (Eotvos University), click here
- Nonliner Dynamics - Uncontrolled geostationary satellites: mapping periodic transitions to chaos with Lagrangian Descriptors, with Roberto Flores et al. (Khalifa University), more here .

Research 💡

My research focuses on applying nonlinear dynamics and dynamical systems theory to complex systems and environments, such as problems related to self-propelled agents, celestial mechanics or satellite dynamics. Areas of interest include:

Nonlinear dynamics and Hamiltonian chaos,
Lagrangian descriptors and chaos indicators,
Space situational awareness and debris mitigation,
Applications of dynamical systems theory to real-world complex systems.

More technical details on my research.

Supervision 🎓

I am always happy to supervise students for projects, research projects or internships. Do not hesitate and feel free to contact me: jerome.daquin@cpt.univ-mrs.fr

Current and previous students.

Teaching 👨‍🏫

I have taught across France, Belgium, Italy, and Australia, in classes ranging from large undergraduate lectures to specialized graduate courses.

Teaching activities 2025–2026.

Jérôme Daquin 🇫🇷

Centre de Physique Théorique, CPT, UMR 7332 | University of Toulon