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Pierre Auger

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Angers University, Orsay University, University Paris 6

Research areas: Mathematics · Applied Mathematics · Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models · Ecosystem dynamics and resilience · Marine and fisheries research

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2066-8174
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CV - AUGER Pierre

born at Neuilly-sur-Seine on march 8 1953

• Education :
Thèse de 3ème cycle de Physique nucléaire Observation de nouveaux noyaux 37Si, 40P, 41S et 42S produits par réactions très inélastiques induites par 40Ar sur 238Pu (1979, Institut de Physique nucléaire, Orsay)
Thèse de Doctorat en Sciences physiques Modèles mathématiques de systèmes hiérarchiques (1982, Université d’Angers).

• Positions :
Maître de Conférences (1987-1990) at Laboratory « Biophysique », Faculté de Pharmacie, Dijon
Professeur 2ème classe (1990-1999) at Ecology laboratory, Faculté des Sciences, Dijon
Professeur 2ème classe (1992-1999) at laboratory « Biométrie, Génétique et Ecologie des Population » then UMR CNRS 5558, University Claude Bernard Lyon-1
Professeur 1ère classe (1999-2004)
Responsible for research team « Biologie mathématique » at UMR CNRS 5558, Univ. Lyon 1, [about ten members] (1993-2004).
Research Director 1ère classe at IRD: (2004-2010)
Research Director Classe Exceptionnelle at IRD : (2011…)
President of Société Française de Biologie Théorique then Société Francophone de Biologie théorique (1993-2000)
Member of the Bureau of the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (1994-1996).
Head of Research unit UR 079 Geodes at IRD (2004-2008).
Head of International Research unit UMI “UMMISCO” at IRD and University Pierre & Marie Curie (2008-2012). “Unité Mixte Internationale de Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes COmplexes ».

• Publications :
3 books.
185 articles in various scientific journals.

• Distinctions :
Corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences (1999-2003)
Member of the French Academy of Sciences since 2003.
President of the COPED (Comité pour les Pays en Développement) of the French Academy of Sciences since 2017.

• Research Field :
My research field is mathematical modelling of ecological systems. I have contributed to the development of methods of aggregation of variables. Many ecological models involve a very large number of variables and parameters. However, processes usualy occur at different time scales, fast and slow. Aggregation of variables take advantage of the different time scales involved in the dynamics in order to build a reduced (or aggregated) model governing only a few number of global variables at a slow time scale. The aggregation methods that we have developped are based on the Fenichel center manifold theorem. We also contributed to the extension of aggregation of variables methods to time discrete models as well as reaction-diffusion models.
We have applied aggregation methods to various cases mainly in ecology and in population dynamics. And we mention the main ones :
Modelling predator-prey (host-parasitoid) dynamics in a heterogeneous environment represented as a network of patches connected by migration at a fast time.
Modelling population dynamics of large mammals in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya in collaboration with ACC (African Conservation Center, Nairobi, Kenya).
Modelling Sardine fishery along the Atlantic coast of Morocco in collaboration with INRH (Institut National de Recherche en Halieutique, Casablanca, Morocco).
Modelling fishery in Senegal in collaboration with CRODT (Centre de Recherche Océanographique de Dakar-Thiaroyé, Sénégal).
Modelling effects of Non Pharmaceutical Interventions on Covid-19 epidemic.
Modelling the effects of individual behaviour on population and community dynamics : Coupling game models at a fast time scale to slow population or community models (predator-prey, competition...).
In 2017, I organized the International Conference MADEV (Mathematics applied to Development). MADEV was a joint Conference of the COPED of the French Academy of Sciences and of the Hassan II Academy of Sciences and Technology. It was hosted by the Moroccan Academy at Rabat in Morocco, 300 participants.

Employment

Education

  • Angers University Doctorat d'Etat
    1979 - 1982
  • Orsay University Doctorat de Troisième Cycle
    1977 - 1979
  • University Paris 6 Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies DEA
    1976 - 1977

Projects & Funding

  • TASSILI Tassili
    2010 - 2014
  • MECAMERGE Agence Nationale de la Recherche
    2007 - 2009
  • ANAR Agence Nationale de la Recherche
    2007 - 2010

Publications (181)