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.