Title: Turing and Patterns in Nature

Speaker: Professor Benoit Perthame, University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 6)

Professor Benoit Perthame, a member of the French Academy of Sciences (2017), the

Academia Europaea (2016) and the European Academy of Sciences (2014), is a

University Professor (exceptional class) of the University of Pierre and Marie Curie

(Paris 6), France. He is the Head of Division of Mathematics, European Academy of

Sciences, since 2015, and is also the Head of Laboratorie Jacques-Louis Lions since

2013. He is one of world leading experts on the mathematical modeling in biology

and medicine (including tissue growth and cancer therapy). He has published more

than 260 research papers in SCI journals with very high number of citations. He has

also received many distinguished awards: Grand Prix INRIA – French Academy of

Sciences (2015), Blaise Pascal Medal (2013), etc. He was invited as a plenary speaker

to ICM (International Congress of Mathematicians) in Seoul, 2014. He has served as

an editor in many international journals and is now the Editor-in-Chief of Acta

Appicandae Mathematica.