Current position: Exceptional class Professor (PR EX2, IUF senior) at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS)
24, rue Lhomond, F75005 Paris, France
Room : E033b
Tel : +33 1 4432 2405
Email : damien.baigl@ens.psl.eu
Lab website: www.baigllab.com
Track-record:
• Google Scholar
• List of publications
Education
• 1996 - 1999: Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques (ENSIC) and M. Sc. in Chemical Engineering
• 1999 - 2001: Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cachan (France)
• 1999- 2000: ‘Agrégation de sciences physiques option procédés physico-chimiques’
• 2000 - 2003: PhD in soft-matter physics at Collège de France, Paris, France (laboratory of P.-G. de Gennes). PhD advisor: C. E. Williams
Professional background
• 2003 - 2005: Post-doc (JSPS fellow) in biophysics at Kyoto University, Kyoto (Japan)
• 2005 - 2010: Associate Professor at Ecole Normale Superieure
• 2010 - 2013 : Professor (2nd class) at Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC)
• 2013 - 2016 : Professor (1st class) at Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC)
• From Sep 2016 : Professor (1st class) at Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS)
• From Oct 2018 : Professor (Exceptional class - PR EX1) at Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS)
• From Oct 2022 : Professor (Exceptional class - PR EX2) at Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS)
Teaching
Soft Matter(s!), Physical chemistry of living systems, Statistical thermodynamics, Intermolecular forces, Polymers, Microfluidics for biology, Reconstituted Systems
Prizes, distinctions and fellowships
• Nov 2003: Two-year JSPS Fellowship (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science)
• Oct 2009: Nominated for 5 years (2010-2014) at the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) as a junior member
• Oct 2010: Starting Grant laureate from the European Research council (ERC) (2011-2015)
• Sep 2012: Laureate from the Emergence(s) program (City of Paris)
• March 2016: Winner of the 2016 Soft Matter Lectureship from the Royal Society of Chemistry
• April 2016: Del Duca award from the Institut de France
• Oct 2018: Grand Prix Mergier Bourdeix from the French Academy of Science
• Oct 2022: Nominated for 5 years (2022-2027) at the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) as a senior member
• Mar2023: Advanced Grant laureate from the European Research council (ERC) (2023-2028)