Pathways from nucleation to raindrops
Poydenot, F. & Andreotti, B. Pathways from nucleation to raindrops. Phys. Rev. Fluids 9, 123602 (2024).
CV
Work Experience
- 2024–now: Postdoc in the Clouds and Convection group, Meteorology, University of Hamburg
Education
- 2020–2024: PhD in Physics – Des gouttelettes à la pluie : croissance et coalescence à travers les échelles dans les nuages, Laboratoire de Physique de l’'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (supervisor: Bruno Andreotti)
- 2019–2020: M2 ICFP Soft Matter and Biological Physics, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
- 2018–2019: Agrégation of physics-chemistry, Centre interuniversitaire, Montrouge, (rank: 12th)
- 2017–2018: M1 ICFP Physique Fondamentale, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
- 2016–2017: L3 Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
- 2014–2016: Classe préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles PCSI - PC*, Lycée Thiers, Marseille, (Physics and Chemistry undergraduate studies)
Internships
- Feb. – July 2018: Stress measurements near the ice/water interface, supervisors : Robert Style and Eric Dufresne, Soft and Living Materials, ETH, Zürich
- July. 2017–Feb. 2018: Using extremely stretchable electrospun membranes as a substrate for electronics, supervisors: Arnaud Antkowiak and Sébastien Neukirch, Institut d’Alembert, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Publications
Gap in drop collision rate between diffusive and inertial regimes explains the stability of fogs and non-precipitating clouds
Poydenot, F. & Andreotti, B. Gap in drop collision rate between diffusive and inertial regimes explains the stability of fogs and non-precipitating clouds. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 987, A37 (2024).
At the crossroads of epidemiology and biology: Bridging the gap between SARS-CoV-2 viral strain properties and epidemic wave characteristics
Poydenot, F., Lebreton, A., Haiech, J. & Andreotti, B. At the crossroads of epidemiology and biology: Bridging the gap between SARS-CoV-2 viral strain properties and epidemic wave characteristics. Biochimie (2023).
Turbulent dispersion of breath by the wind
Poydenot, F. et al. Turbulent dispersion of breath by the wind. American Journal of Physics 90, 826-832 (2022).
Risk assessment for long- and short-range airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, indoors and outdoors
Poydenot, F. et al. Risk assessment for long- and short-range airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, indoors and outdoors. PNAS Nexus 1, pgac223 (2022).
Stress accumulation by confined ice in a temperature gradient
Gerber, D., Wilen, L. A., Poydenot, F., Dufresne, E. R. & Style, R. W. Stress accumulation by confined ice in a temperature gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2200748119 (2022).
Talks
Distribution des gouttes de pluie créée par une cascade inverse contrôlée par la gravité
Talk at Rencontres du Non-Linéaire 2023, Paris
A gravity driven inverse cascade controls the size distribution of raindrops
Talk at APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Co-supervising the PhD thesis of Nina Robbins-Blanch on “The role of rain evaporation for the energy and radiation budget of the trades” (supervisor: Raphaela Vogel)
- Reviewer for the American Journal of Physics, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics