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Ariane Gayout

About me

I am now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen (Netherlands). Currently working on the flight and more generally physics of birds from a biomimicry point of view in the Biomimetics group, I focus on the adaptation to turbulence of kestrels, tail spreading dynamics and feather deformation.

I completed my PhD in Physics at the Laboratoire de Physique in the ENS de Lyon (Lyon, France), under the supervision of N. Plihon and M. Bourgoin. My PhD subject is "Fluid-Structure interactions of Multi-stable pendular Systems". The main interest of this research is to understand the various mechanisms behind multi-stability generated by wake-motion interactions.

I have been nominated Amelia Earhart fellow 2021 (description of the fellowship)

Driven and permanently curious, I am specialized in experimental Aerodynamics and Non-linear Physics.
I am also interested in Ornithology, Entomology, Botanics and Photography.

Research projects and interests


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Reference: Kim and Choi, 2005

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Affiliation: Laboratoire de Physique
ENS de Lyon / CNRS / Univ Lyon

Address: 46 allée d'Italie, 69007 Lyon, France

Email: ariane.gayout[at]ens-lyon.fr