People
Principal Investigators
Manouk Abkarian
DR CNRS
orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-3187
Manouk.Abkarian -AT- umontpellier.fr
Francesco Pedaci
DR CNRS
orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-3027
francesco.pedaci -AT- cbs.cnrs.fr
Invited
PostDocs and Engineers
William Hoffmann
Postdoc, 2022
Bacterial Flagellar Motor evolution
Peter Voyvodic
Research Engineer, 2023
Biofilm formation
Malo Marmol
Postdoc, 2024
Bacterial droplet and aerosols
Amélie Astézan
Research Engineer and lab manager, 2024
Microbiology
Anaïs Biquet Bisquert
Postdoc, 2024
Bacterial membrane voltage dynamics
Simon Leturcq
Research Engineer, 2024
Bacterial Flagellar Motor of Capylobacter jejuni
PhD Students
Andy Vinh Le
PhD student, 2020
Microfluidics and Rheology of blood suspension
Tristan Xabada
PhD student, 2022
Rheological approach of saliva filaments atomization
Sylvain Domitin
PhD student, 2023
Bacterial surface sensing and biofilm formation
Adrian Schink
PhD student, 2024
Rheology of saliva droplets and viral aerosols
Maryalbis Patino
PhD student, 2024
Quantitaitive Bacterial Physiology Across Scales (in collaboration with Luca Ciandrini)
Clara Gremmelspacher
PhD student, 2024
Extensional microfluidics to study reticulocyte dynamics
Valeria Ciccone
Visiting PhD student, Oct-Dec 2024
Dense Blood Suspension flow
Internships
Patricia Noemi Lazo Paravicini, Master 2, University of Montpellier
Nazli Demirpahlivan, Master 2, IDIL, University of Montpellier
Visitors
Prof. Alejandro V Arzola, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2024-2025
Prof. Marianne Fenech, Ottawa University, Canada, 2023
Prof. Howard A. Stone, Princeton University, USA, 2022
Prof. Narla Mohandas, NY City Blood Center, USA, 2021
Prof. Roberto Bernal, USACH, Chile, 2022 and 2016
PostDoc Alumni
Thales Fernandes. Postdoc, 2021-2023. Photonic Force Microscopy.
Viviana Claveria, Postdoc, 2017-2019, Rheoblood project. (now Associate Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso)
Zhanna Santybayeva, Postdoc 2014-2017. Optical Torque wrench (now Data engineer in Sirano)
Luca Lanotte, Postdoc 2014-2017, Hemorheology at high shear rates from Red blood cells to suspensions (now Researcher at INRAE)
Delphine Chamousset. Lab Manager (now Process Expert at Novartis)
Cyrille Claudet, Postdoc, 2012-2014, cDICE red blood cells membrane curling (now Research Engineer in Nice)
PhD Student Alumni
Anaïs Biquet-Bisquert, Proton Motive Force Dynamics driving the bacterial flagellar motor: temporal and spatial characterization, 2019-2024. (now Postdoc in our team)
Arianna Giannetti, Microfluidic approach of deep vein thrombosis, 2020-2024. (now Postdoc in Ecole Polytechnique)
Rudy Desgarceaux, PhD student. Nanofabrication and PhFM. 2016. In collaboration with Benoit Charlot at IES Montpellier.
Viviana Claveria, PhD student 2014-2017, Sickle cell anemia and healthy red blood cells dynamics in capillaries
Octavio Albarran, 2010-2013, Study of Malaria parasite egress from red blood cells
Minyoung Heo PhD student, 2014-2016.Bacterial flagellar motor
Loic Dumas, PhD Student, 2014-2018, Nucleation, growth and destabilization of pores in membranes of helathy and malaria-infected red blood cells (now Image Analysis Engineer)
Magalie Manaargadoo catin, supervision in 2015, Study of the interactions between surfactants and blood cells
Nathalie Casanova, 2009-2012, Study of Plasmodium falciparum merozoites motiliy
Etienne Loiseau, 2008-2011, Biomimetic approach of sickle cell anemia (now CNRS Researcher in Marseille)
Undergrad and Master Alumni
Adrian Schink, Master 2, University of Montpellier, 2024 (now a PhD student in our group)
Thomas Druot, Master 2, University of Montpellier, 2024
Antonin Prom, IDIL Master 1, University of Montpellier, 2024
Clara Gremmelspacher, Master 2 internship, University of Bayreuth, 2024 (now a PhD student in our group)
Margot Bellenguez, Master 2 internship
Baptiste Carrio, Master 1 internship (Un. Montpellier). Flagellar motor. 2021
Guillaume Ramadier, Master internship (ENS Lyon). Optical tweezers and Red Blood Cells mechanics. 2021
Davide Sbroggio' . (Phelma, Grenoble). Optical tweezers and Red Blood Cells mechanics. 2021
Pierre Martin, Master 1 internship (Un. Montpellier). Analysis of experimental traces. 2020
Nathan Meyer, Master 1 internship (Un. Montpellier). Bacterial Flagellar Motor. 2019
Mahmoud Attia, Erasmus Mundi internship. Bacterial Flagellar Motor. 2019
Younes Babaaziz, Master 1 internship (Un. Montpellier). Bacterial Flagellar Motor. 2018
Eliana Battistella, Master internship Univ. Bologna (Italy). Optical Torque Wrench. 2017.
Rodolphe Moti, Master 1 internship Single molecule manipulation. 2017. In collaboration with C.Coillot at L2C Montpellier.
Emilie Gachon, Master 2 internship, 2017. Flagellar motor.
Naoki Kawamura, Master internship(Tokyo University). Modeling of the BFM. 2016
Emilie Gachon, Master 1 internship. Flagellar motor. 2015
Rudy Desgarceaux, Master 2 internship (Phymatech). Nanofabrication. 2016. In collaboration with Benoit Charlot at IES Montpellier.
Simon Buy, Master 2 internship. 2016. Single molecule manipulation. (in collaboration with Christophe Coillot).
Clément Rodier, Master 1 internship. Theory of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor. 2016. (in collaboration with Andrea Parmeggiani)
Anton Pols, Master thesis. Modeling BFM dynamics. 2015 (in collaboration with M.Depken, TU Delft the Netherlands)
Afaf Meghit, Master 1, internship. Nanofabrication. 2015
Charles de Marin, Bachelor internship. Optical Torque Wrench. 2015
Florian Morati, Master 2 internship. Bacterial flagellar motor. 2015
Yan Valette, BTS internship. OD-meter. 2015
Laetitia Hudecek, Master 1 internship. 2014
Alexandre Deramecourt Professionnal Bachelor internship, .Nanofabrication. 2015
Frank.Guiochon, BTS internship 2014
Guillaume Ribiere, BTS internship 2013