Alain Pumir

Prof. Dr. Alain Pumir is a physicist and Director of Research at the CNRS, affiliated with the Physics Laboratory of École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS Lyon). He has held positions at prestigious institutions including Cornell University, the Laboratory of Statistical Physics at ENS Paris, and the J.A. Dieudonné Laboratory at the University of Nice.

• Research focuses on turbulence, mixing, and biophysics
• Key applications: cloud microphysics, particle transport, tissue/cell self-organization

Scientific Awards

• Ed Lorenz Lecture (AGU, 2023)
• External Scientific Member, Max Planck Society (2018)
• Fellow, American Physical Society (2014)
• Knight of the Legion of Honour (2014)
• Gay-Lussac-Humboldt Prize (2013)
• Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society (2008)