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Alain Pumir
Research Director, Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon
Alain Pumir studied physics at the École normale supérieure in Paris, and obtained his PhD in 1987 under the supervision of Yves Pomeau. After a postdoc at Cornell University (USA), he joined the statistical physics laboratory at ENS Paris in 1989. Between 1992 and 2008, he worked in Nice, and joined the Physics Laboratory at ENS Lyon in 2008. His research focuses on turbulence (intermittency) and particle transport, with applications in particular to cloud microphysics.
Professional Experience
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
External Scientific Member
2023 - Present
Ecole Normale Superieure Lyon
Research Director
2008 - Present
Institut Non Linéaire de Nice
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1993 - 2008
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Education
University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI
Doctorate
1987
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Ed Lorenz Lecture
Received December 2023
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AGU Abstracts
Non-Gaussian statistics of relative dispersion in rotating-stratified turbulence
GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS I ORAL
nonlinear geophysics | 12 december 2024
Alain Pumir, Sebastian Gallon, Raffaele Marino, Fa...
How tracer particles separate in a turbulent fluid is highly sensitive to the structure of the flow, and can lead to large (intermittent) fluctuations...
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Lagrangian irreversibility in rotating-stratified turbulent flows
GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS: PHYSICS-INFORMED MACHINE LEARNING I ORAL
nonlinear geophysics | 14 december 2023
Alain Pumir, Sebastian Gallon
In homogenous and isotropic turbulence, two particles separate faster backwards than forward in time, a manifestation of the irreversibility induced b...
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Nonlinear dynamics of droplets and ice crystals in turbulent clouds.
LORENZ LECTURE
nonlinear geophysics | 13 december 2023
Alain Pumir
Clouds consist of moist air and very small particles, water droplets and/or ice crystals, depending on the temperature conditions. These small particl...
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