Prof. Dr. Marc Mezard

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsStatistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics
KeywordsSpingläser, Mean-field Theorie, Cavity Methode, Replica Methode, Phasenübergänge

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityParis 05 Pantheon
InstitutionEcole Normale Superieure de Paris (ENS)

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alexander K. HartmannInstitut für Physik (IFP), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2009

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

For more than 20 years, Professor Mezard has been one of the internationally leading experts in the fields of statistical physics of disordered systems. His work contributed seminal results for the theory of spin glasses, in particular concerning ultrametricity, for the development of the cavity approach and for the development of statistical-physics based algorithms for large optimization problems. During his visit to Germany, he plans to work on the theory of new types of percolation problems and the development of statistical medical tests.