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Patrick Cordier is a Professor at the Université de Lille, affiliated with the Faculty of Sciences and the Department of Earth Sciences. He has been a faculty member since 1989 and leads cutting-edge research in the rheology and plastic deformation of Earth materials, particularly mantle minerals such as olivine, bridgmanite, and MgO. His work bridges atomistic simulations and continuum mechanics to model deformation across scales.
His research focuses on:
- Dislocation dynamics and creep mechanisms in deep Earth minerals
- Grain boundary and disclination modeling
- High-pressure rheology and plasticity
- Multiscale modeling from atomistic to continuum levels
- Electron tomography and microstructural analysis
His recent publications span topics such as strain-rate effects in mantle creep, amorphous olivine films, and dislocation climb in quartz, appearing in top journals like Nature, Science Advances, and Acta Materialia. The trend in his articles reveals a strong emphasis on integrating experimental data with computational models to understand mantle dynamics under extreme conditions.
He has received prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants, including the Advanced Grant for the RheoMan project (Grant 787198) and a prior ERC grant (290424), underscoring his leadership in the field. His peer review activities include contributions for Nature and Nature Materials.
Patrick Cordier has advised several PhD students, including Riccardo Reali, Billy Clitton Nzogang, and Alexandre Mussi, and collaborates extensively with researchers in France and internationally. He is also associated with the RheoMan compute cluster, a high-performance computing resource dedicated to modeling Earth’s mantle rheology.
He maintains an active research presence through project websites (RheoMan, TimeMan) and is verified on ORCID, with a consistent publication record up to 2025.
