Centre de Physique Théorique, CPT, UMR 7332 | University of Toulon
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 📢
A few papers currently under review:
Mapping low-altitude stability and south-polar impact pathways near Enceladus,
with Leonardo O. Espinoza-Zepeda (UCSD), Josué Cardoso dos Santos (Boulder Colorado) and Aaron Jay Rosengren (UCSD),
submitted to Advances in Space Research.
Regularity and reentry basins of low Earth orbits in the J2-solar radiation pressure problem,
submitted to Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, CMDA with C. Barbis (U. Cape Town), E.M. Alessi (CNR) and H. Skokos (U. Cape Town).
On arXiv here.
Astrocytes: Arnol'd tongues generalization in dynamical systems' parameter plane,
submitted to PRL with M. Gonzalo (UNamur) et al.
On arXiv here.
I am running, together with my colleagues, the seminar series of Group 3 at CPT.
Write me if you have something to say on "Classical and Quantum Dynamics".
KePASSA 2026 international workshop is over already —
KePASSA's website.
It was great welcoming you in Toulon. We are now receiving contributions
to be published by
Springer Proceedings in Physics.
Deadline: 04/12/2026.
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.
Nonlinear 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.
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
