Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau
Deputy CEO for Science
Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau has been Deputy Director General for Science at Inria since 2018.
Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau is a research director at Inria. A civil engineer, he holds a PhD in applied mathematics from the French École des Ponts et Chaussées (1998) and obtained his habilitation thesis at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) in 2003. He completed a post-doctorate fellowship at the Swiss École Polytechnique fédérale in Lausanne (1998-1999). In 2008 and 2009, he was a visiting professor at Stanford University. From 2016 to 2023, he was a part-time professor at Ecole Polytechnique.
He is currently a member of the Board of the ANR, the Scientific Advisory Board of ONERA, the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board of CEREMA, and the International Advisory Committee of NICT (Japan).
His research has focused on mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of problems governed by partial differential equations. He has been particularly interested in the modeling of blood flow, cardiac electrophysiology, magnetohydrodynamics of liquid metals, and free surface flows. He has been a member of a dozen editorial boards, including two as editor-in-chief, and has collaborated with several companies in the biomedical field. He has supervised eighteen doctoral theses and published nearly eighty articles in international journals, as well as a book with Oxford University Press.
His work has been recognized with the C.& S. Prize in Applied Mathematics from the Communications & Systèmes society (2002, shared with Claude Le Bris and Tony Lelièvre), the Pierre Faurre Prize awarded by the Académie des sciences (2008) and the Alcan Grand Prize awarded by the Académie des sciences (2010, shared with Tony Lelièvre).
At Inria, he was head of the REO project team for twelve years. He was a member of the Inria Evaluation Committee from 2009 to 2017 and served as scientific delegate for the Paris-Rocquencourt research center from 2012 to 2017.
More information
- Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau website
Focus
The Directorate General for Science (DGDS) is responsible for the institute's scientific policy, which is mainly structured around projects: research project teams, incentive actions (“Inria Challenges” to tackle scientific barriers, “Exploratory Actions” to support scientific risk-taking, ...), interdisciplinary collaborations with other research organizations, international collaborations, etc. These projects are most often carried out with partners, primarily universities. Together with the Deputy Directorate General for Innovation (DGDI) and the Deputy Directorate General for Public Policy Support (DGDAPP), the DGDS also participates in setting up strategic partnerships with companies, other public institutions, and government departments. Finally, in coordination with the Scientific Board and the Evaluation Committee, the DGDS contributes to the scientific forecasting activities of the institute and the Program Agency.
Three departments are attached to the DGDS: the Department of Culture and Scientific Information (DCIS), the Department of European Partnerships (DPE), and the Department of International Relations (DRI).
The Deputy Director General for Science is supported by a Director of Research, Deputy Scientific Directors (ADS), and a Deputy for the Operational Coordination of Scientific Activities.