Arezki Boudaoud

Arezki Boudaoud is a Professor at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), leading the 'Biophysics and Development' team at the Plant Reproduction and Development (RDP) laboratory. His research focuses on plant morphogenesis, integrating physics, mathematics, and biology to understand form reproducibility in organisms. He holds significant roles, including Deputy Director of the RDP laboratory (since 2016) and head of the Biosciences Master's program (2013).

Education:

• 1992: Algerian and French Baccalauréat
• 1992–1994: École Ginette preparatory class
• 1994: Admitted to École Normale Supérieure Ulm (ENS Ulm) in Math-Physics
• 1996: Physics Aggregation
• 2001: PhD in Physics (ENS Ulm, under Yves Couder and Martine Ben Amar)

Research Contributions:

• ERC Starting Grant (2012) for The physical basis of morphogenesis in plants
• Pioneering studies on plant growth mechanics and form reproducibility
• Collaborations with Jan Traas (RDP) and interdisciplinary projects at the Laboratory Joliot-Curie

Awards:

• CNRS Silver Medal (2016)
• IUF Junior Fellowship (2013)

Teaching & Leadership:

• Transitioned from CNRS researcher to academic role at ENS Lyon (2009)
• Advocates for unifying teaching and research departments