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

• 98 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.

• Co-organiser of 10 international scientific workshops, 1 international physics school, and 2 national scientific meetings.
• Attended 113+ international conferences, symposia, workshops, and town meetings, in Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Scotland, the U.S.A. as well as online, with 109+ oral presentations and 2 posters.
• Attended 4 international physics schools with 1 oral presentation.
• Attended 19 national scientific meetings in France, Germany, and the U.S.A. with 13 oral presentations.

• Head of the Nuclear Structure Group of the "Pôle Théorie" at the Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon (since 2022)
• Co-opted member of Comité national de la recherche scientifique, France, Section 01 Interactions, particules, noyaux, du laboratoire au cosmos (2021-2025).
• Elected member of the Laboratory Council of the Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon, France (2019-2020 and 2021-2025).
• Co-coordinator of working group 2 Which are the shapes and underlying symmetries of nuclei at the limits of mass and spin? of the GdR RESANET of the IN2P3 (2018-2022).
• Member of the Programme Advisory Committee of the Jyväskylä Accelerator Laboratory, Finland (2016-2019).
• President of the Scientific Council of the Espace de Structure et de réactions Nucléaires Théorique (ESNT), Saclay, France (since 2016).
• Correspondent of the CENBG at the "Fédération Aquitaine pour Calcul et Théorie Scientifique" (2013-2015).
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Espace de Structure et de réactions Nucléaires Théorique (ESNT), Saclay, France (2011-2015).
• Co-opted member of the Laboratory Council of the CENBG (2011-2015).
• Head of the Theory Group at the Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG) (2008-2015).
• Member of the Scientific Council of the CENBG (2007-2015).
• Elected member of the "Bureau des Théoriciens Nucléaires Français" (2007-2011).
• Chargé de mission Séminaires at the CENBG (2007-2009).

• Member of the Board of Editors of the European Physical Journal A (11/2017-12/2023).
• Member of the Editorial Board of Physical Review C (01/2009-12/2011).

• Co-supervision (with Karim Bennaceur / IP2I Lyon) of the doctoral thesis work of Valentin Guillon (2024-2027).
• 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).

• 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).

• I regularly referee manuscripts for international scientific journals such as
  • Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables,
  • Computer Physics Communications,
  • European Physical Journal A,
  • Nature,
  • Nature Physics,
  • Nuclear Physics A,
  • Physical Review C,
  • Physical Review Letters,
  • Physica Scripta,
  • Physics Letters B,
  • Reports on Progress in Physics,
  • Reviews of Modern Physics.

• I have refereed grant proposals for the
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), France,
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Germany,
  • European Research Council (ERC),
  • Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Belgium,
  • International Fellowship Mobility Programme for Experienced Researchers in Croatia (NEWFELPRO),
  • National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.

• I have been in the
  • jury of 22 doctoral thesis defenses (20 in France, 1 in Belgium, 1 in Italy), 5 times as reviewer,
  • the jury of 6 HdR (Habilitation à diriger des recherches) defenses in France, 4 times as reviewer,
  • selection commitee of one "Chaire de Professeur Junior" position in France.

• I have been member of the International Advisory Commitee of 3 international workshops.