Thomas Salez is a CNRS research director in the Aquitaine Waves and Matter Laboratory (LOMA) at University of Bordeaux, France, as well as an invited faculty member of the Faculty of Advanced Life Science, at Hokkaido University, Japan.

He obtained his PhD from ENS Paris, where he developed an experiment in the Kastler Brossel Laboratory to trap and cool down atomic Fermi mixtures and molecules near the absolute-zero temperature, in ultra-high vacuum. He then joined the Gulliver Laboratory at ESPCI Paris, where he studied theoretically the behaviour of soft matter and fluids at the nanoscale, in close connexion with experiments.

Within the EMetBrown group that he created and chair at LOMA in Bordeaux, and in collaboration with a broad and interdisciplinary international network, he currently investigates experimentally and theoretically the properties of amorphous condensed matter and complex systems in confinement and at interfaces, at the boundary between continuum mechanics and statistical physics.

Besides, he is an associate editor at The European Physical Journal E. He belongs to the Soft Matter Collaborative Research Unit, at Hokkaido University in Japan, and to the CNRS International Research Network between France and India on « Hydrodynamics at small scales: from soft matter to bioengineering ». Also, currently, he teaches a graduate course on soft matter at University of Bordeaux, as well as lab courses therein. Finally, he cofounded the MesoMat deep-tech startup company in Canada that aims at producing novel self-assembled mesoscopic materials and smart components for soft robotics and evolutive aeronautics.

  • Read more about the lab, team and project in the Normale Physics Review, and through an outreach video on YouTube !
  • Find open-access materials about our research on our GitHub.
  • Find online courses, online talks and other videos on our Youtube Channel.
The EMetBrown Group

Current

Faculty

Post-doc

PhD

Master (M2)

  • Ratnojit Bhattacherjee (IISER Mohali, India), 2025-2026

Master (M1)

  • Pierre Gresil (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2025
  • Antoine Delbourg (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2025

Undergraduate (L3)

  • Agim Gjuzi (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2025

Alumni

Post-doc

Visiting Post-doc

PhD

Visiting PhD

  • Quinn Reed (Lehigh Univ., USA), 2024
  • Michael Ojewale (Lehigh Univ., USA), 2024
  • Quentin Thomas (UMONS, Belgium), 2024

Master (M2)

Master (M1)

  • Corentin Mailliet (ESPCI Paris, France), 2015
  • Pauline Olive (ESPCI Paris, France), 2015
  • Jean Szleper (ESPCI Paris, France), 2017
  • Caroline Cramail (ENS Lyon, France), 2020
  • Quentin Ferreira (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2022
  • Yilin Ye (ENS Paris, France), 2022
  • Guirec de Tournemire (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2023
  • Gaëlle Audéoud (Univ. Paris-Saclay, France), 2023
  • Théo Martinaud (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2024
  • Elorri Garcia (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2024
  • Antonio Salame (Lebanese Univ., Lebanon), 2024

Undergraduate (L3)

  • Cédric Gerbelot (ESPCI Paris, France), 2016
  • Eloi Descamps (ENS Paris, France), 2020
  • Jean Salzstein (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2023
  • Angela Jimenez Caseda (Univ. Sevilla, Spain), 2024
  • Pierre Gresil (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2024
  • Julie Fourneyron (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2024
  • Najlae Zkiri (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2024
  • Yosef Shokeeb (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2024
  • Emily Gutierrez (Lehigh Univ., USA), 2024
  • Rachel Dorney (Lehigh Univ., USA), 2024

Undergraduate (L2)

  • Guillaume Guilluy (Univ. Bordeaux, France), 2023
Publications

Online talks

Erwin Schrödinger Institute workshop on « Transport Properties in Soft Matter Systems », Vienna, Austria (2024)

Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France (2021)

Interfacial Soft Matter research network kick-off meeting, Grenoble, France (2021)

Preprints

J. Lacherez, M. Lavaud, Y. Amarouchene, D. S. Dean, T. Salez
arXiv:2502.06214 [THE SCIENCE ARCHIVE]

Articles

2025

M. Lavaud, Y. Shokeeb, J. Lacherez, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
Journal of Physics: Photonics, accepted for publication (2025) [INVITED to the Focus Issue on Motion Analysis in Optical Microscopy]

I. Jalisse, A. Jha, L. Buisson, F. Nallet, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez, C. Drummond
Review of Scientific Instruments, 96 045102 (2025)

H. Zhang, Z. Zhang, A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez, T. Guérin, C. Misbah, A. Maali
Physical Review Letters, 134 094001 (2025) [CNRS PHYSIQUE, LOMA]

C. Kopecz-Muller, C. Gaunand, Y. Tran, M. Labousse, E. Raphaël, T. Salez, F. Box, J. D. McGraw
Langmuir, 41 2400 (2025) [SUPPLEMENTARY COVER, ESPCI PARIS, LOMA]

A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
Soft Matter, 21 826 (2025) [FRONT INSIDE COVER, INVITED to the Soft Matter Pioneering Investigators themed collection, LOMA]

2024

A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1001 A58 (2024)

B. Bharti, Q. Ferreira, A. Jha, A. Carlson, D. S. Dean, Y. Amarouchene, T. S. Chan, T. Salez
Physical Review Research, 6 043060 (2024)

N. Fares, M. Lavaud, Z. Zhang, A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 121 e2411956121 (2024) [KUDOS, CNRS PHYSIQUE, WEIXIN, LOMA, X]

E. N. Govorun, J. Dupré de Baubigny, P. Perrin, M. Reyssat, N. Pantoustier, T. Salez, C. Monteux
Soft Matter, 20 6822 (2024)

S. Karimi, J. Yin, T. Salez, J. A. Forrest
Communications Physics, 7 237 (2024)

M. Alaa Eddine, A. Carvalho, M. Schmutz, T. Salez, S. de Chateauneuf-Randon, B. Bresson, N. Pantoustier, C. Monteux, S. Belbekhouche
Soft Matter, 20 5367 (2024)

A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
Physical Review Fluids, 9 074001 (2024)

B. Bharti, A. Carlson, T. S. Chan, T. Salez
Europhysics Letters, 145 67001 (2024)

T. Saeter, C. Pedersen, J. H. Snoeijer, T. Salez, A. Carlson
Physical Review Letters, 132 074001 (2024) [LOMA]

V. Dhaliwal, C. Pedersen, K. Kadri, G. Miquelard-Garnier, C. Sollogoub, J. Peixinho, T. Salez, A. Carlson
Physical Review Fluids, 9 024201 (2024) [EDITORS’ SUGGESTION]

2023

A. Jha, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 977 A50 (2023)

Z. Zhang, V. Bertin, M. H. Essink, H. Zhang, N. Fares, Z. Shen, T. Bickel, T. Salez, A. Maali
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 977 A21 (2023)

M. Alaa Eddine, M. Schmutz, A. Carvalho, T. Salez, S. de Chateauneuf-Randon, B. Bresson, S. Belbekhouche, C. Monteux
Langmuir, 39 15085 (2023)

E. Millan, M. Lavaud, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez
European Physical Journal E, 46 24 (2023)

H. Bonneau, M. Arutkin, R. Chen, J. A. Forrest, E. Raphaël, T. Salez
European Physical Journal E, 46 8 (2023) [INVITED to the “Festschrift in honor of Philip (Fyl) Pincus” Topical Issue]

C. Kopecz-Muller, V. Bertin, E. Raphaël, J. D. McGraw, T. Salez
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 479 20220832 (2023) [FRONT COVER, LOMA]

J. Yin, C. Pedersen, M. F. Thees, A. Carlson, T. Salez, J. A. Forrest
Journal of Chemical Physics, 158 094901 (2023)

A. Alexandre, M. Lavaud, N. Fares, E. Millan, Y. Louyer, T. Salez, Y. Amarouchene, T. Guérin, D. S. Dean
Physical Review Letters, 130 077101 (2023) [PRL EDITORS’ SUGGESTION, PHYSICS, LOMA]

D. Dumont, H. Bonneau, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, P. Damman
Physical Review Research, 5 013089 (2023)

A. Vilquin, V. Bertin, E. Raphaël, D. S. Dean, T. Salez, J. D. McGraw
Physical Review Letters, 130 038201 (2023) [CNRS IN AQUITAINE 2023, L’ACTUALITE CHIMIQUE, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS, LOMA, GULLIVER]

2022

R. Saiseau, C. Pedersen, A. Benjana, A. Carlson, U. Delabre, T. Salez, J.-P. Delville
Nature Communications, 13 7442 (2022) [EDITORS’ HIGHLIGHTS, CNRS INP, CNRS INC, UNIV. PARIS CITE, LOMA]

M. Alaa Eddine, S. Belbekhouche, S. de Chateauneuf-Randon, T. Salez, A. Kovalenko, B. Bresson, C. Monteux
Macromolecules, 55 9841 (2022)

V. Bertin, J. H. Snoeijer, E. Raphaël, T. Salez
Physical Review Fluids, 7 L102002 (2022)

Z. Zhang, M. Arshad, V. Bertin, S. Almohamad, E. Raphaël, T. Salez, A. Maali
Physical Review Applied, 17 064045 (2022)

V. Bertin, Y. Amarouchene, E. Raphaël, T. Salez
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 933 A23 (2022)

2021

C. Pedersen, S. Ren, Y. Wang, A. Carlson, T. Salez
Physical Review Fluids, 6 114006 (2021)

K. Kadri, J. Peixinho, T. Salez, G. Miquelard-Garnier, C. Sollogoub
Polymer, 235 124283 (2021)

C. Pedersen, T. Salez, A. Carlson
Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 477 20210354 (2021)

M. Lavaud, T. Salez, Y. Louyer, Y. Amarouchene
Physical Review Research, 3 L032011 (2021) [YOUTUBE, CNRS, UNIV. BORDEAUX, LOMA]

V. Bertin, Z. Zhang, R. Boisgard, C. Grauby-Heywang, E. Raphaël, T. Salez, A. Maali
Physical Review Research, 3 L032007 (2021)

A. Vilquin, V. Bertin, P. Soulard, G. Guyard, E. Raphaël, F. Restagno, T. Salez, J. D. McGraw
Physical Review Fluids, 6 064201 (2021)

R. Taub, T. Salez, H. Alarcon, E. Raphaël, C. Poulard, F. Restagno
European Physical Journal E, 44 71 (2021) [FRONT COVER, LOMA]

J.-C. Ono-dit-Biot, P. Soulard, S. Barkley, E. R. Weeks, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Soft Matter, 17 1194 (2021) [FRONT COVER, INVITED to the themed issue on Liquid Composites, LOMA]

V. Bertin, C. L. Lee, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 911 A13 (2021)

J. Dupré de Baubigny, P. Perrin, N. Pantoustier, T. Salez, M. Reyssat, C. Monteux
ACS Macro Letters, 10 204 (2021) [CNRS, LOMA]

2020

D. Dumont, P. Soulard, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, P. Damman
Physical Review Letters, 125 208002 (2020) [LOMA]

S. Ren, C. Pedersen, A. Carlson, T. Salez, Y. Wang
Physical Review Research, 2 043166 (2020)

A. Daddi-Moussa-Ider, A. R. Sprenger, Y. Amarouchene, T. Salez, C. Schönecker, T. Richter, H. Löwen, A. M. Menzel
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 904 A34 (2020)

A. Rinehart, U. Lacis, T. Salez, S. Bagheri
Physical Review Fluids, 5 082001 (2020) [RAPID COMMUNICATION, EDITORS’ SUGGESTION]

V. Bertin, J. F. Niven, H. A. Stone, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Physical Review Letters, 124 184502 (2020) [LOMA]

B. Saintyves, B. Rallabandi, T. Jules, J. Ault, T. Salez, C. Schonecker, H. A. Stone, L. Mahadevan
Soft Matter, 16 4000 (2020)

J.-C. Ono-dit-Biot, P. Soulard, S. Barkley, E. R. Weeks, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, Kari Dalnoki-Veress
Physical Review Research, 2 023070 (2020) [EDITORS’ SUGGESTION, YOUTUBE, LOMA, GULLIVER]

M. Arutkin, E. Raphaël, J. A. Forrest, T. Salez
Physical Review E, 101 032122 (2020)

Y. Chai, T. Salez, J. A. Forrest
Macromolecules, 53 1084 (2020)

Z. Zhang, V. Bertin, M. Arshad, E. Raphaël, T. Salez, A. Maali
Physical Review Letters, 124 054502 (2020) [LOMA, GULLIVER]

2019

C. Pedersen, J. F. Niven, T. Salez, K. Dalnoki-Veress, A. Carlson
Physical Review Fluids, 4 124003 (2019)

I. Tanis, K. Karatasos, T. Salez
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 123 8543 (2019)

C. Trégouët, T. Salez, N. Pantoustier, P. Perrin, M. Reyssat, C. Monteux
Soft Matter, 15 6200 (2019)

C. Trégouët, T. Salez, C. Monteux, M. Reyssat
Soft Matter, 15 2782 (2019)

S. Yashima, S. Hirayama, T. Kurokawa, T. Salez, H. Takefuji, W. Hong, J. P. Gong
Soft Matter, 15 1953 (2019) [INSIDE BACK COVER]

J.-C. Ono-dit-Biot, M. Trejo, E. Loukiantcheko, M. Lauch, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress, T. Salez
Physical Review Fluids, 4 014808 (2019) [YOUTUBE]

2018

C. Trégouët, A. Mikhailovskaya, T. Salez, N. Pantoustier, P. Perrin, M. Reyssat, C. Monteux
European Physical Journal E, 41 101 (2018) [In « Polymers: From Adsorption to Translocation » – Topical issue In Memoriam Loïc Auvray (1956-2016)]

M. S. Chebil, J. D. McGraw, T. Salez, C. Sollogoub, G. Miquelard-Garnier
Soft Matter, 14 6256 (2018)

C. Trégouët, T. Salez, C. Monteux, M. Reyssat
Physical Review Fluids, 3 053603 (2018)

A. Chakrabarti, A. Porat, E. Raphaël, T. Salez, M. K. Chaudhury
Langmuir, 34 3894 (2018) [LANGMUIR HIGHLIGHT]

B. Davis-Purcell, P. Soulard, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
European Physical Journal E, 41 36 (2018)

M. Ilton, T. Salez, P. D. Fowler, M. Rivetti, M. Aly, M. Benzaquen, J. D. McGraw, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress, O. Bäumchen
Nature Communications, 9 1172 (2018) [CNRS, ESPCI PARIS, LOMA]

R. D. Schulman, M. Trejo, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Nature Communications, 9 982 (2018) [CNRS, UNIV. BORDEAUX, LOMA] 

D. Dumont, M. Houze, P. Rambach, T. Salez, S. Patinet, P. Damman
Physical Review Letters, 120 088001 (2018) [FRONT COVER, NEWS & VIEWS, PHYSICS, PRL EDITORS’ SUGGESTION, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS, LOMA]

2017

M. Arutkin, R. Ledesma-Alonso, T. Salez, E. Raphaël
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 829 538 (2017)

T. S. Chan, J. D. McGraw, T. Salez, R. Seemann, M. Brinkmann
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 828 271 (2017)

M. Rivetti, V. Bertin, T. Salez, C.-Y. Hui, C. Linne, M. Arutkin, H. Wu, E. Raphaël, O. Bäumchen
Physical Review Fluids, 2 094001 (2017)

B. Rallabandi, B. Saintyves, T. Jules, T. Salez, C. Schönecker, L. Mahadevan, H. A. Stone
Physical Review Fluids, 2 074102 (2017)

A. Bironeau, T. Salez, G. Miquelard-Garnier, C. Sollogoub
Macromolecules, 50 4064 (2017)

R. Ledesma-Alonso, E. Raphaël, T. Salez, P. Tordjeman, D. Legendre
Soft Matter, 13 3822 (2017)

R. D. Schulman, R. Ledesma-Alonso, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Physical Review Letters, 118 198002 (2017) [PHYSICS, PRL EDITORS’ SUGGESTION]

J. Dupré de Baubigny, C. Trégouët, T. Salez, N. Pantoustier, P. Perrin, M. Reyssat, C. Monteux
Scientific Reports, 7 1265 (2017)

I. Tanis, H. Meyer, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, A. C. Maggs, J. Baschnagel
Journal of Chemical Physics, 146 203327 (2017) [INVITED to the themed issue on Dynamics of Polymer Materials in Thin Films and Related Geometries]

R. D. Schulman, A. Porat, K. Charlesworth, A. Fortais, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Soft Matter, 13 720 (2017) [FRONT COVER, THE LUTETIUM PROJECT, FYFD]

M. Arutkin, E. Raphaël, J. A. Forrest, T. Salez
Soft Matter, 13 141 (2017) [INVITED to the Emerging Investigators themed issue]

2016

M. Ilton, M. M. P. Couchman, C. Gerbelot, M. Benzaquen, P. D. Fowler, H. A. Stone, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress, T. Salez
Physical Review Letters, 117 167801 (2016)

B. Saintyves, T. Jules, T. Salez, L. Mahadevan
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 113 5847 (2016) [PHYSICS TODAY, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS]

R. Ledesma-Alonso, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, E. Raphaël
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 792 829 (2016)

J. D. McGraw, T. S. Chan, S. Maurer, T. Salez, M. Benzaquen, E. Raphaël, M. Brinkmann, K. Jacobs
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 113 1168 (2016) [PHYS.ORG, IDW, SAARLAND UNIV.]

H. Alarcon, T. Salez, C. Poulard, J.-F. Bloch, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress, F. Restagno
Physical Review Letters, 116 015502 (2016) [PHYSICS, PRL EDITORS’ SUGGESTION, PHYSICS TODAY, ON N’EST PAS QUE DES COBAYES, LE MONDE, FRANCE INTER, ESPGG, PUBLICO, LE DAUPHINE, L’EXPRESS, POUR LA SCIENCE, SCIENCE&VIE, CNRS PRESS RELEASE, ESPCI PARIS, PARIS-SACLAY, MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, IMPROBABLE RESEARCH 1, IMPROBABLE RESEARCH 2, IMPROBABLE RESEARCH 3, PHYS.ORG, THE CONVERSATION, GEEK, LE TEMPS, FOCUSUR, SIXACTUALITES, LE ZAPPING DU PAF, TECHNO-SCIENCE, FUTURA-SCIENCES, INP GRENOBLE, McMASTER UNIV., GIZMODO, SCIENCE DAILY, NOTICIAS AO MINUTO, WELT DER PHYSICS, ALPHA GALILEO, PHYSIK JOURNAL]

2015

M. Rivetti, T. Salez, M. Benzaquen, E. Raphaël, O. Bäumchen
Soft Matter, 11 9247 (2015) [FRONT COVER]

T. Salez, L. Mahadevan
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 779 181 (2015)

M. Benzaquen, M. Ilton, M. V. Massa, T. Salez, P. D. Fowler, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Applied Physics Letters, 107 053103 (2015)

T. Salez, J. Salez, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël, J. A. Forrest
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 112 8227 (2015) [2015 CNRS ACTIVITY REPORT, LE MONDE, POUR LA SCIENCE, PHYS.ORG, SCIENCE DAILY, UNIV. WATERLOO, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS]

S. Haefner, M. Benzaquen, O. Bäumchen, T. Salez, R. Peters, J. D. McGraw, K. Jacobs, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Nature Communications, 6 7409 (2015) [POUR LA SCIENCE, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS, MPI, IDW]

C.-Y. Hui, T. Liu, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, A. Jagota
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 471 20140727 (2015)

2014

A. Darmon, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, O. Dauchot
Journal of Chemical Physics, 141 244704 (2014)

M. Benzaquen, P. D. Fowler, L. Jubin, T. Salez, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël
Soft Matter, 10 8608 (2014) [FRONT COVER, SOFT MATTER 2014 HOT PAPERS, ESPCI PARIS]

M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, E. Raphaël
Europhysics Letters, 106 36003 (2014)

M. Backholm, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Soft Matter, 10 2550 (2014)

Y. Chai, T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, M. Benzaquen, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël, J. A. Forrest
Science, 343 994 (2014) [PERSPECTIVE, LE MONDE, LE FIGARO, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS, PHYS.ORG, SCIENCE DAILY]

2013

O. Bäumchen, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, M. Backholm, P. D. Fowler, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Physical Review E, 88 035001 (2013)

T. Salez, M. Benzaquen, E. Raphaël
Soft Matter, 9 10699 (2013) [FRONT COVER, SOFT MATTER 2013 HOT PAPERS, CNRS, ESPCI PARIS]

M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, E. Raphaël
European Physical Journal E, 36 82 (2013)

J. D. McGraw, T. Salez, O. Bäumchen, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Soft Matter, 9 8297 (2013) [INVITED to the themed issue on The Geometry and Topology of Soft Materials]

2012

S. L. Cormier, J. D. McGraw, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Physical Review Letters, 109 154501 (2012)

T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, O. Bäumchen, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël
Physics of Fluids, 24 102111 (2012)

T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, S. Cormier, O. Bäumchen, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël
European Physical Journal E, 35 114 (2012)

J. D. McGraw, T. Salez, O. Bäumchen, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
Physical Review Letters, 109 128303 (2012)

2011

A. Ridinger, S. Chaudhuri, T. Salez, D. R. Fernandes, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, C. Salomon, F. Chevy
Europhysics Letters, 96 33001 (2011)

A. Ridinger, S. Chaudhuri, T. Salez, U. Eismann, D. R. Fernandes, K. Magalhães, D. Wilkowski, C. Salomon, F. Chevy
European Physical Journal D, 65 223 (2011) [EPJD HIGHLIGHT, SCIENCE DAILY]

Reviews

L. Bureau, G. Coupier, T. Salez
European Physical Journal E, Topical Review, 46 111 (2023) [EDITORS’ HIGHLIGHT]

B. Andreotti, O. Bäumchen, F. Boulogne, K. E. Daniels, E. R. Dufresne, H. Perrin, T. Salez, J. H. Snoeijer, R. W. Style
Soft Matter, Opinion, 12 2993 (2016)

Books

T. Salez
Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany (2012)

F. Graner, R. Kaiser, A. Marchand, T. Salez
Dunod, Paris, France [SFP] (2011)

Theses

E. Millan, PhD thesis
University of Bordeaux, France (2024)

C. Kopecz-Muller, PhD thesis
University of Bordeaux, France (2024)

M. Lavaud, PhD thesis
University of Bordeaux, France (2021)

C. Pedersen, PhD thesis
University of Oslo, Norway (2021)

V. Bertin, PhD thesis
University of Bordeaux, France (2021)

P. Soulard, PhD thesis
ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, France (2020)

P. Rambach, PhD thesis
University of Mons, Belgium & ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, France (2020)

T. Salez, Habilitation (HDR) thesis
University of Bordeaux, France (2020)

M. Arutkin, PhD thesis
ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, France (2018)

T. Salez, PhD thesis
ENS Paris, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France (2011)

Teaching

Online courses

The associated problem statements can be found here:

Current courses

Valorization

Patents

P. D. Fowler, R. D. Schulman, T. Salez, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
U.S. Patent No. 11198958 (2021)

Startups

Outreach

Videos

TV broadcasts

On n’est pas que des cobayes (2016)

Radio broadcasts

Radio Campus Bordeaux (2020)

Radio Campus Bordeaux (2018)

Articles

L. Brivady et al.
Normale Physics Review, 21 (2022)

T. Salez, B. Saintyves, Z. Zhang, V. Bertin, A. Maali
Reflets de la Physique, 69 10 (2021) [UNIV. BORDEAUX]

T. Salez, R. D. Schulman, M. Trejo, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress
ChemViews Magazine, DOI:10.1002/chemv.202000046 (2020) [LOMA]

T. Salez
L’Actualité Chimique, 451 34 (2020) [LOMA]

T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël, J. A. Forrest
Europhysics News, 48 24 (2017)

K. Dalnoki-Veress, T. Salez, F. Restagno
Physics Today, 69 74 (2016)

T. Salez, E. Raphaël
Reflets de la Physique, 46 24 (2015)

Funding
Bio

Awards

  • French scientifi c excellence bonus (PEDR), 2024-2027
  • French academy of sciences & Michelin foundation prospect prize, 2023
  • French scientifi c excellence bonus (PEDR), 2020-2023
  • Distinguished referee at The European Physical Journal E, 2020
  • CNRS bronze medal, 2018
  • French scientifi c excellence bonus (PEDR), 2016-2019
  • Jean Langlois foundation prize, 2012

Positions

Main

  • CNRS research director, University of Bordeaux, France, 2024-present
  • CNRS associate researcher, University of Bordeaux, France, 2017-2024
  • CNRS associate researcher, ESPCI Paris, France, 2014-2017
  • Contractual assistant professor, ESPCI Paris, France, 2013-2014
  • Lecturer (agrégé-préparateur), ENS Paris, France, 2007-2013

Adjunct

  • Invited faculty member, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan, 2023-present
  • Associate editor at The European Physical Journal E, 2022-present
  • Visiting associate professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2021-2023
  • Assistant professor, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2016-2021
  • Visiting researcher, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, ON, Canada, 2014, 2016 & 2019
  • Visiting researcher, Princeton University, NJ, USA, 2016
  • Visiting researcher, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2014

Training

  • Qualification to full-professor positions, National University Council (CNU, section n°28), 2021
  • Habilitation to direct research (HDR), University of Bordeaux, 2020
  • School « Soft Interfaces », Ecole de Physique des Houches, 2012
  • PhD in experimental cold-atom physics, Kastler Brossel Laboratory, ENS Paris, 2007-2011
  • MS in quantum physics, ENS Paris, 2006-2007
  • Teaching degree (Agrégation) in physics, ENS Paris, 2005-2006
  • BS in physics, ENS Lyon, 2003-2005

Thomas SALEZ

Address: Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine (LOMA)
351 cours de la Libération
33405 Talence Cedex
France

Email: thomas.salez AT cnrs.fr

Phone: + 33 (0)5 4000 2501

Lab: room 231

Office: room 208