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Julien Tailleur is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research focuses on non-equilibrium systems and active matter, particularly in biophysical applications. Tailleur investigates the emerging properties of active materials, which consist of large assemblies of units capable of exerting propelling forces in their environment. Over the past decades, chemists and physicists have engineered synthetic active systems that motorize microscopic inert particles, enabling the development of new classes of smart materials. Tailleur has developed new theoretical methods in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics to predict the emerging behaviors of active systems from microscopic descriptions. Notably, he and his collaborators discovered condensed active matter can emerge in the absence of attractive interactions through a mechanism known as motility-induced phase separation. His current research combines theoretical frameworks for describing active systems with the study of (micro)biological systems.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Joined the Department of Physics to focus on non-equilibrium systems and active matter.
French National Centre Scientific Research • Paris, France
Conducted research in active matter and statistical mechanics.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, UK
Worked under EPSRC postdoctoral fellowship with Michael Cates and Martin Evans.