David Papoular's Curriculum Vitæ

Junior Researcher (Chargé de Recherche) at CNRS, working at LPTM (Université de Cergy-Pontoise, France)

Former post-doctoral fellow at the BEC Center, University of Trento (Italy)
PhD in Theoretical Quantum Physics from Univ. Paris Sud (France)
Alumnus of École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France)

Born on June 10th, 1984
Single
French nationality

Member of the American Physical Society
Referee for Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, and Journal of Statistical Mechanics



Education

2011-2015 Postdoctoral fellow at the BEC Center, University of Trento (Italy)
2007-2011 PhD student at LPTMS (CNRS and Université Paris-Sud, France).
Supervisor: Prof. G.V. Shlyapnikov
PhD title: Manipulation of Interactions in Quantum Gases: A theoretical approach
Defended on July 11th, 2011 and obtained with honours.
2006-2007 Graduate studies program on Quantum Physics
École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France)
Passed with honours
2004-2006 Undergraduate studies in Physics and Mathematics
École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France)
Passed with honours
July 2004 Admitted at École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France)
Competitive exam: MPI (Mathematics & Physics)
2001-2004 Classes Préparatoires (Mathematics and Physics)
Lycée Louis le Grand, Paris


Laboratory Experience

Feb.-May 2007 Graduate studies internship
LPTMS (CNRS and Université Paris-Sud, France)
Title: Theoretical analysis of the stability of a 2D crystal of composite bosons.
Supervisor: Prof. G.V. Shlyapnikov
Feb.-Aug. 2006 Internship in Prof. W.D. Phillips's Laser Cooling and Trapping Group
NIST Gaithersburg (Maryland, USA)
Supervisor: Prof. P.D. Lett
July 2005 Undergraduate studies internship in Prof. S. Haroche's Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics Group
Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel, École Normale Supérieure (Paris, France)
Supervisor: Prof. J.M. Raimond


Invited Seminars

Nov. 2014 Fast Thermalization and Helmholtz Oscillations of an Ultracold Bose Gas
Seminar given at LPTM (Cergy, France)
invited by Ph. Lecheminant
Nov. 2014 Fast Thermalization and Helmholtz Oscillations of an Ultracold Bose Gas
Seminar given at IPCMS (Strasbourg, France)
invited by G. Pupillo
Nov. 2013 Dipolar-induced resonance for ultracold bosons in a quasi-1D optical lattice
Seminar given at LPMMC (CNRS and Univ. J. Fourier, Grenoble, France)
Invited by Prof. F. Hekking
Nov. 2012 Cooling by heating a superfluid
Seminar given at LP2N (CNRS and Univ. Bordeaux 1, France)
Invited by Prof. A. Bouzdine
June 2012 Cooling by heating a superfluid
Seminar given at LPTMS (CNRS and Univ. Paris-Sud, France)
Invited by Prof. G.V. Shlyapnikov
Feb. 2011 Microwave-Induced Feshbach Resonances
Seminar given at the BEC Center (Univ. Trento, Italy)
Invited by Prof. S. Stringari
March 2010 Microwave-Induced Feshbach Resonances
Seminar given at SYRTE (CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, France)
Invited by Prof. S. Bize


Participation in international conferences and schools

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Supervision of PhD students and interns

May-July 2013 T. Congy, Masters student intern at the BEC Center (Univ. Trento, Italy)
Solitons in BECs: a numerical investigation using the Gross-Pitaevskii equation
2012-2013 N. Bartolo, PhD student at the BEC Center (Univ. Trento, Italy)
Ultracold dipolar atoms in low-dimensional traps and optical lattices


Teaching activities

2008-2011 Teaching assistant in Physics at Univ. Paris-Sud (France)
Lectures and exercise sessions for second- to fourth-year university students.
2005-2008 Teaching assistant in Physics at Lycée Louis le Grand (Paris, France)
Exercise sessions for students in Classes Préparatoires


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