Pascal Maillard

Pascal Maillard is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics at Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, affiliated with the Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (CNRS UMR5219). He has been a Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France since October 2021. His research focuses on probability theory, particularly branching random walks, multiplicative cascades, and random energy models, with applications in statistical mechanics and mathematical physics.

Maillard has coordinated the ANR-DFG funded project REMECO (2021-2024), investigating extreme value distributions, partition functions at complex temperatures, and optimization algorithms in random energy models. He has also co-organized the annual 'Les probabilités de demain' conference (2016–2019) to support early-career researchers in probability.

His teaching spans advanced modules in stochastic modeling, probability theory, and mathematical statistics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He is currently developing lecture notes on branching random walks and multiplicative cascades based on his Master's course at Université Paris-Sud.

• Research Interests: Extremal processes in branching systems, random energy landscapes, stochastic optimization, and applications to statistical physics.
• Awards: Junior member of Institut Universitaire de France (2021–present).
• Advising: Supervised three PhD students and multiple research projects in probability theory, including studies on SLE, Markov chain mixing times, and Erdős-Rényi graphs.
• Labs/Teams: Co-lead of REMECO project with Lisa Hartung, involving institutions in Toulouse and Mainz.