Research associate @ Inria & ENS Lyon.

Olivier Ali Hi, welcome to my personal webpage!

Physicist by training, my scientific interests lie in the formalization of complex biological systems; with a special emphasis on developmental processes. My recent work focus on the interplay between tissue mechanics, Riemannian geometry & system biology. I'd like to understand to what extend mechanical stresses within growing plant tissues can be interpreted by cells as geometrical cues during morphogenesis.

Since 2018 I am a research associate within the Mosaic team @ Inria1. Our team's goal is to develop theoretical approaches & computational tools to study morphogenesis of multicellular systems, with a emphasis on plants. To that end, we are part of the RDP lab. (Plant Developmental Biology) @ ENS de Lyon.


Keywords

Morphogenesis, Discrete Geometry, Scientific Computing, Mechano-Biology, Developmental Biology.

Previous positions

  • 2016→18: Research associate @ Virtual Plants | Inria.
  • 2012→14: Visiting fellow @ Virtual Plants | Inria.
  • 2012→16: Postdoctoral fellow @ RDP Lab. | ENS Lyon.
  • 2006→10: Ph.D. Student @ IAB | Univ. Grenoble Alpes.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics (opt. Physics of living systems) @ Univ. Grenoble Alpes.
  • M.Sc. in Fundamental Physics @ ENS Cachan.

Full CV

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  1. French national research institute in applied mathematics & computer sciences (link