We are theorists and experimentalists working at the interface of physics, chemistry, biology and computer science. Our research focuses on soft matter (colloids, polymers, liquid crystals, granular matter, thin sheets...), active matter (self-propelled colloids, swimming droplets, walking grains, swarms of robots... ) and molecular systems (DNA, RNA, enzymes...). We study various aspects of these systems such as topology, self-assembly, interfaces, information processing, evolution..., while also developing general theoretical methods. The name Gulliver captures the diversity of scales that are studied in the lab.

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Paul Baconnier, lauréat du prix Claudine Hermann 2023

Paul Baconnier completed his thesis at the Gulliver laboratory at ESPCI, under the supervision of Olivier Dauchot. In the course of his (...)


Bronze medal 2025: Guillaume Gines experiments with DNA coding

Guillaume Gines, a research fellow at the GULLIVER laboratory, has been awarded the CNRS bronze medal for his work on DNA-based nanotechnologies (...)


The IOP-SFP 2024 Holweck Prize awarded to Ludovic Berthier

Ludovic Berthier is Director of Research (DRCE) at CNRS. After a post-doctorate at Oxford University (2001-2004), he joined the CNRS Charles (...)


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Nonlocal Dielectric Properties of Water: The Role of Electronic Delocalization

The nonlocal dielectric properties of liquid water are studied in the context of ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations based on the... (...)


Stokes flows in three-dimensional fluids with odd and parity-violating viscosities – CORRIGENDUM

The following corrections should be made to the paper Khain et al. (Reference Khain, Scheibner, Fruchart and Vitelli2022). The conclusions of the... (...)


Sociohydrodynamics: Data-driven modeling of social behavior

Living systems display complex behaviors driven by physical forces as well as decision-making. Hydrodynamic theories hold promise for simplified... (...)


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