Christophe Garban is a Professor at Université Lyon 1 and Visiting Professor at the Courant Institute, NYU (2025–2026). He obtained his PhD from Université Paris-Sud (2008) and his Habilitation (HDR) in 2013. His research focuses on probability theory, statistical mechanics, conformal invariance, and critical phenomena, including SLE processes, percolation, Liouville quantum gravity, and lattice gauge theories. His work bridges mathematical rigor with physical intuition, exploring phase transitions, Gaussian fields, and disordered systems. Key themes include scaling limits of random processes, noise sensitivity, and geometric aspects of statistical physics. Recent projects analyze turbulence models, branching Brownian motion, and symmetry breaking in spin systems. Garban has received numerous awards, including the ERC Consolidator Grant (2021), Prix Marc Yor (2018), and Rollo-Davidson Prize (2011). He serves as editor for journals like Annals of Probability and Probability and Mathematical Physics . He mentors doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, with alumni at institutions like EPFL, CNRS, and TIFR.
