The Gay Lussac Humboldt Award goes to Véronique Gayrard

Bonn, 15.12.2021. Véronique Gayrard, research director ("directrice de recherche”) at CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique) in Marseille, is this year's recipient of the Gay Lussac Humboldt Award. The prestigious award is bestowed annually jointly by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to outstanding scientists who exemplify the cooperation between the two countries.

The research of Véronique Gayrard is focused on the mathematical analysis of random models in statistical physics. She is internationally known for outstanding contributions to neural networks, to metastability in random dynamics, and to the analysis of long-term dynamics of disordered systems, a phenomenon known as ageing in the physics literature. The Gay Lussac Humboldt Award is linked to a research stay in Bonn, which Véronique Gayrard will probably start at the beginning of February for an initial period of 6 months. During this stay, she will focus on this latter area and investigate these problems in more complex and realistic models.

Véronique Gayrard was nominated for the Gay Lussac Humboldt Award by Anton Bovier of the Institute of Applied Mathematics. The two have been working closely together since 1992 and have already written about 37 papers together. Together, the two have supervised a binational doctorate ("Cotutelle Promotion") and exchanged ideas during many mutual research visits.