Researcher @ CNRS
speciality: non linear physics, atomic force microscopy, thermal noise, nano-mechanics, instrumentation
Ludovic Bellon
47 years old (sept. 1973)
married, 2 children (19 and 21 years old)
Research
More than 40 publications in international peer reviewed scientific journals & congress acts, 4 patents, etc… Leader or member of regional, national (ANR) or international (ERC) project
2003-present
Researcher in the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). Main topic: micro- and nano- statistical mechanics of 1D structures, high resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM), thermal fluctuations and dissipation. Laboratoire de Physique – École Normale SupĂ©rieure de Lyon
2015-2016
Independent scientific expert with state accreditation. Advices in instrumentation and signal processing for smartINST (instrumented hydrodynamic particles)
2001-2003
Post-doc: Control of out of equilibrium systems, in collaboration with R. Hernandez. Advanced Non Linear Physics Laboratory – Universidad de Chile
1998-2001
PhD Thesis:  Aging of glassy systems and fluctuation-dissipation ratio, under the direction of S. Ciliberto. Laboratoire de Physique – École Normale SupĂ©rieure de Lyon
1997
National Service (1 year): Adaptative control of mechanical vibrations — experimental validation of associated concepts aiming at industrial applications.  Laboratoire de MĂ©canique des Solides – École Centrale Lyon
1996
Training period (4 months) : convective instabilities. DĂ©partement Physique des MatĂ©riaux – UniversitĂ© Lyon I
1995
Training period (6 months) : fracture in disordered materials. Laboratoire de Physique – ENS Lyon
1994
Training period (2 months) : printer’s instability. Laboratoire de Physique Statistique – ENS
Teaching
2017-present
Part time Professor in the École Polytechnique: 2 courses each year
• 3D continuum mechanics (32h + 40h exercices classes, X engineer 2nd year)
• Lab practice: micro and nano-mechanics (48h + 2x60h, X engineer 2nd year)
• Lab practice: Lagrangian mechanics (3x24h, X Bachelor 2nd year)
2011-2015
Master leader: in charge of the last year of the master in Physics of the ENS Lyon:Â Fundamental Physics, from concepts to applications. 30 to 40 students each year, more than 30 courses given by 50 professors and researchers.
2008-2017
Teaching in the ENS Lyon: over 64h of class teaching each year
• Dynamical systems and chaos (4x24h, Master)
• Non linear physics (4x10h exercices classes, Master)
• Original instruments and innovative experiments (2x21h+2x12h, Master)
• Lab practice : speckle interferometry (24h, Licence)
• Lab projects (8x48h, Master and 3x36h, Licence)
• DNA origami school of the computer science department (3h, Master)
2009
Invited Professor : Introduction to AFM (15h, Master) – USACH, Santiago, Chile
Invited Professor : Introduction to AFM (20h, Master) – ECNU, Shanghai, China
2002
Associate Professor : Experimental projects (Master) Departamento de IngenierĂa Mecánica – Universidad de Chile
1999-2001
Electronics : training of students of the ENS Lyon to the highly competitive examination of the Agrégation de Sciences Physiques which prepare high-school professors
Research management and supervision
2011-2019
Team leader: in charge of team «Statistical Physics, Hydrodynamics and Non Linearities» – 20 permanent academic staff (14 CNRS, 6 ENS Lyon), 16 PhD students and 10 post-doc. Annual budget excluding contracts and salaries 140k€ – Nominated member of the scientific council of the Laboratoire de physique, ENS de Lyon
2018-2022
Project leader: ANR project STATE: Shortcut to adiabaticity: theory and experiments. Total budget 390 k€
2017-2022
LPENSL coordinator: CPER, Optolyse platform low noise chamber, budget 180 k€
2017-2019
Industrial collaboration: instrumentation, budget 100 k€
2012-2015
Project leader: ANR project HiResAFM: High resolution adhesion force measurement. Total budget 260 k€
2005-present
PhD supervisor for 9 students:
• Théorèmes de fluctuations appliqués à la microscopie à force atomique (A. Archambault, codirection, in progress)
• Pilotage de micro-résonateurs et particules colloïdales : court-circuiter les transitoires (S. Dago, in progress)
• Dynamique locale des films fins de polymères en présence de nano-particules (B. Ferrero, codirection, in progress)
• Fluctuations thermiques dans un système hors équilibre stationnaire (A. Fontana, 2020)
• Instrumentation for Thermal Noise Spectroscopy (R. Pedurand, co-direction LMA, Lyon, 2019)
•TempĂ©rature effective d’un système hors Ă©quilibre : fluctuations thermiques d’un microlevier soumis Ă un flux de chaleur (M. Geitner, 2015)
• InterferometrĂa de alta resoluciĂłn para AFM (F. Aguilar, co-direction USACH, Chile, 2013)
•Adhesion and dissipation at nanoscale (T. Li, co-direction ECNU, China, 2013)
•Bruit thermique et dissipation d’un microlevier (P. Paolino, 2008)
2013-present
Scientific leader of the scanning microscopy platform (AFM, MEB, EDX) of the ENS Lyon –FEG SEM Zeiss Supra 55VP with EDX, shared by the Physics, Chemistry and Geology Labs – JPK Nanowizard 4 AFM mounted on an Leica DM-IRBE inverted microscope, Physics Lab
2008-2013
Co-organizer of 3 conferences in Lyon:
•Out-of-equilibrium physics and its applications (2013)
•Forum des microscopies à sonde locale (2011)
•Unsolved Problem on Noise (2008)
2007-present
• Referee for 18 peer-reviewed journals (JSTAT, PRL, RSI, EPL, Appl. Opt…)
• Reviewer for 5 PhD Thesis and 1 Habilitation
• Member of scientific committees of periodic conferences : Forum des microscopies à sonde locale, UPoN, GRASS
• Elected member of scientific councils : ENS Lyon (3 years) and Fédération Ampère (3 years)
• Moderator for HAL, the CNRS preprint server (3 years)
2011
Leader of one Xu Guangqi exchange project with the ECNU, Shanghai, China.
2001-2003
Responsible of one research contract including his own salary (Proyecto Fondecyt 3010067)Â
Academics
2010
Habilitation Ă Diriger des Recherches : Exploring nano-mechanics through thermal fluctuations
2001
PhD Thesis : Aging of glassy systems and fluctuation-dissipation ratio
1995-1996
DEA Physique Statistique et Phénomènes non linéaires (mention B) École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
1993-1995
Studies at the École Normale Supérieure de Paris. Magistère de Physique 1st et 2nd year : Licence de Physique (mention B), Maîtrise de Physique (mention TB), 6 months training period in research.
1993
Competitive examination for ingeenering and sciences schools: success in the 3 Écoles Normales Supérieures (Paris, Lyon, Cachan) and in the famous École Polytechnique.
1991-1993
Studies in the Lycée du Parc, Lyon
Technical skills
Informatics
Programing in MatLab, Python, Labview, Igor, C, C++, Labview, LaTex, html, javascript, php, ruby…
Mechanics
Conception of complex apparatus (a complete AFM for instance), machining of average difficulty partsÂ
Electronics
Conception of precision measurement tools (nV resolution), wiring
Optics
Conception, manipulation of precision interferometers (10-16Â m resolution). Knowledge of holography
Languages
French: native
English: fluent (3 stays of 1 month each in the USA in 1989-1990, 2 months in 2017, daily professional use)
Spanish: fluent (2 years living in Chile, frequent professional use)
German: high school bases (1 month in Berlin in 1990)
Hobbies
Woodworking, mountain hiking, surfing, photography, travels, archery…
Last update: december 2020