Curriculum Vitae

Michael Bender


Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I)
Domaine scientifique de la Doua
Bâtiment Paul Dirac
4, Rue Enrico Fermi
69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France

Office: 210-3-338
Phone: +33 (0) 4 72 44 84 50
FAX: +33 (0) 4 72 43 15 40
e-mail: bender(at)ipnl.in2p3.fr
www: perso.ip2i.in2p3.fr/bender


Personal

Academic Degrees: Dr. phil. nat., Dipl. Phys.
Current Position: Directeur de Recherche (Senior Staff Scientist) 1ère classe (DR1)
at the french Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).
Member of the Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (IN2P3)
and attached to the Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (IP2I), Villeurbanne, France.
(formerly the Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL).)
ORCID 0000-0001-8707-3410
ResearcherID B-9004-2009


Research Interests and Activities

I am working on theoretical nuclear structure physics from a mean-field point of view.

Main Field Theoretical Nuclear Structure Physics.
Other Fields Many-body quantum mechanics. Finite Fermionic systems. Computational physics.
Activities Phenomena: structure of superheavy nuclei, collective excitations at low energy, coupling of collective and single-particle degrees of freedom, shape coexistence, shape mixing, rotational bands, nuclear shell structure and its evolution with neutron and proton number, pair correlations, large-amplitude collective motion, fission.
Frequently used tools: energy density functional methods, self-consistent mean-field models, Skyrme and other effective interactions, configuration mixing methods, generator coordinate method, symmetry restoration.


Scientific Production

Publications Author or coauthor of
  • 96 refereed research papers, in the international scientific journals Computer Physics Communications (1), European Physical Journal A (15), Journal of Physics G (1), Nuclear Physics A (5), Physical Review A (1), Physical Review C (60), Physical Review Letters (9), Physics Letters B (3), and Zeitschrift für Physik A (1).
  • 2 review articles in the international scientific journals Reviews of Modern Physics (1) and Journal of Physics G (1).
  • 3 book chapters.
  • 1 article in the popular science magazine La Recherche and 1 chapter in a popular science book.
  • 49+ contributions to conference proceedings.
Seminars 21 invited seminars at research institutions in Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the USA.

Conferences

Honours

2021
Médaille d'Argent du CNRS ("Silver Medal" of the CNRS). [Communication de la DR07] [Portrait] [Communication de l'IP2I]
2017
I have been designated as an Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS).
2008
Prix Adolphe Wetrems - Sciences mathématiques et physiques (82e période annuelle) of the Académie Royale des sciences, des lettres & des beaux-arts de Belgique "pour l'originalité de ses recherches et leur impact en physique nucléaire théorique et dans l'interprétation des données expérimentales" [Communication de l'IN2P3]
Dec 2001-Nov 2003
Individual Marie-Curie Fellowship under the Human Potential Programme of the European Commission.


Project Management and Service to the Profession

Administration of Science
Editorial Activities
Tutoring
  • Co-supervision (with Karim Bennaceur / IP2I Lyon) of the research project of the M2 of Valentin Guillon (2024).
  • Supervision of the postdoctoral research project of Jérémy Bonnard (2022-2023).
  • Co-supervision (with Dany Davesne / IP2I Lyon) of the doctoral thesis work of Paul Proust (2020-2023).
  • Supervision of the postdoctoral research project of Wouter Ryssens (2016-2018).
  • Supervision of the research project of the M2 of Edouard Marguerite (2016).
  • Supervision of the research project of the M2 of San Sokheam (2014).
  • Supervision of the postdoctoral research project of Jeremy Sadoudi (2011-2013).
  • Supervision of the postdoctoral research project of Benoît Avez (2009-2012).
  • Supervision of the doctoral thesis work of Benjamin Bally (2009-2014).
  • Co-supervision (with Nadezda Smirnova / CENBG) of the doctoral thesis work of Yi Hua Lam (2009-2011).
  • Supervision of the research project of the M2 of Benjamin Bally (2009).
  • Supervision of the research project of the M1 of François Passebon (2008).
Collaborations and Grants
  • Principal Investigator of the ANR projet blanc "New energy functional for heavy nuclei" / "Nouvelle fonctionnelle de la densité d'énergie pour les noyaux lourds" (19-CE31-0015-01 NEWFUN), IP2I Lyon (2020-2023).
  • Principal Investigator of the project "Beyond-mean-field studies of spectroscopic properties of even-even, odd and odd-odd nuclei" for the funding of a two-year contract of a postdoctoral researcher by the CNRS/IN2P3 (11/2016-10/2018).
  • Principal Investigator of the Project for International Scientific Cooperation (PICS) No. 6949 "Interactions effectives pour les calculs à l'approximation du champ moyen et au-delà", CEN Bordeaux Gradignan - IPN Lyon - University of Jyväskylä, Finland (01/2015-12/2017).
  • Principal Investigator of the Project for International Scientific Cooperation (PICS) No. 5994 "Development of microscopic nuclear structure models" / Développement des modèles microscopiques pour la structure du noyau", CEN Bordeaux Gradignan - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (01/2011-12/2013).
  • Principal Investigator of the ANR projet blanc "Nuclear Energy density functional of Spectroscopic Quality" / "Fonctionnelle de la densité d'énergie pour la spectroscopie nucléaire" (ANR-10-BLAN-0407 NESQ), CEN Bordeaux Gradignan - IPN Lyon - Irfu/SPhN/CEA Saclay (12/2010-11/2013)
  • Principal Investigator of the project "Spectroscopie nucléaire et structure en couches dans une approche EDF" for the funding of a 3-year contract of a postdoctoral researcher (11/2009-10/2012) by the Comité de Financement des Projets de Physique Théorique de l'IN2P3
  • Principal Investigator of the Demande d'Attribution de Ressources Informatiques (DARI) "Microscopic Description of Static and Dynamical Properties of Atomic Nuclei / Description microscopique des propriéetées statiques et dynamiques des noyaux", CEN Bordeaux Gradignan - IPN Lyon - Irfu/SPhN/CEA Saclay (grants i2009050707, x2010050707, x2011050707, x2012050707, x2013050707, x2014050707, i2015050707, i2016050707)
  • Collaborateur Scientifique of the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (renewed every two years between 2005 and 2019).
  • Spokesperson of the Letter of Intent for SPIRAL 2 "Improving effective forces, mean-field-based methods, and predictions: dedicated measurements" (2006).
Peer Reviewing
Also, I am


Academic Positions

since 01/2016
Directeur de Recherche (Senior Researcher) CNRS
Physique Théorique, Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (formerly the Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon), France.
11/2006-12/2015
Directeur de Recherche (Senior Researcher) CNRS
Physique Théorique, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, France.
02/2006-10/2006
Postdoctoral Research Associate
L'Espace de Structure Nucléaire Théorique (now L'Espace de Structure et de réactions Nucléaires Théorique)
DAPNIA/SPhN (now Irfu/DPhN), CEA Saclay, France.
12/2004-12/2005
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Theory Group
National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
with Thomas Duguet
06/2004-11/2004 Guest Researcher
Theory Group, Physics Division
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, U.S.A.
12/2003-05/2004 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institute for Nuclear Theory
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
with George F. Bertsch
01/2001-11/2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Service de Physique Nucléaire Théorique et Physique Mathématique
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
with Paul-Henri Heenen
08/2000-12/2000 Guest Researcher
Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH, Darmstadt, Germany
05/2000-07/2000 Guest Researcher
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
04/1999-03/2000 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, U.S.A.
and Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
with Witek Nazarewicz
04/1998-03/1999 Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
with Jonathan Engel
10/1994-03/1998 Research Assistant
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
with Joachim A. Maruhn
10/1992-09/1994 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (Teaching Assistant)
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
with Joachim A. Maruhn


Education

University

March 12, 1998 Dr. phil. nat. (Doctorate in "philosophiae naturalium", i.e. philosophy of nature, also known as physics),
Doctoral thesis on ``Exotische Kerne im Skyrme-Hartree-Fock-Modell'' (Exotic Nuclei in the Skyrme-Hartree-Fock Model) under the supervision of Joachim A. Maruhn, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
August 3, 1994 Diplom in Physics (Dipl. Phys.), subsidiary subject Astrophysics
Diploma thesis on ``Untersuchung zur Existenz molekularer Minima in der Wechselwirkungsenergie bei niederenergetischen Stössen schwerer Kerne mit phänomenologischen Modellen'' (Investigation of the existence of molecular minima in the interaction energy for low-energy collisions of heavy nuclei with phenomenological models) under the supervision of Joachim A. Maruhn, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
October 30 1990 Vordiplom in Physics
Subsidiary subject Chemistry
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Oct 1988-Mar 1998 Student in Physics at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

School

June 13, 1988 Abitur (General qualification for university entrance)
with advanced courses ("Leistungskurse") on Physics (taught by Hans-Ludwig Neumann) and Music
Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium, Frankfurt am Main-Höchst, Germany.
Aug 1985-June 1988 Friedrich-Dessauer-Gymnasium, Frankfurt am Main-Höchst, Germany.
Aug 1978-July 1985 Helene-Lange-Gymnasium, Frankfurt am Main-Höchst.
Feb 1977-July 1978 Textorschule (elementary school), Frankfurt am Main-Sachsenhausen.
Aug 1974-Feb 1977 Karl-von-Ibell Schule (elementary school), Frankfurt am Main-Unterliederbach.


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