Michael Benzaquen
Econophysics | Complex Systems | Collective behavior Agent-based modeling | Interfacial fluid dynamics
Socio-ecological systems | Quantitative Finance
I am a CNRS Research Scientist (currently on leave of absence), accredited research director and Adjunct Professor at Ecole Polytechnique. My group develops interdisciplinary, data-driven frameworks, rooted in complex systems and statistical physics applied to economics and finance, with a strong emphasis on bridging fundamental research and real-world applications. In parallel, I serve as COO Portfolio Management at Capital Fund Management (CFM), contributing to the strategic and operational oversight of portfolio construction and research integration. Finally, I co-founded and currently serve as Non-Executive director of Art in Research.
List of Publications
20.
Capillary levelling of free-standing liquid nanofilms
M. Ilton, M. M. P. Couchman, C. Gerbelot, M. Benzaquen, P. D. Fowler, H. A. Stone, E. Raphaël, K. Dalnoki-Veress and T. Salez, PRL 117 (2016) 167801
19.
AFM study of hydrodynamics in boundary layers around micro- and nano-cylinders
J. Dupré de Baubigny, C. Devailly, M. Benzaquen, J. Laurent, A. Steinberger, J.-P. Aimé and T. Ondarçuhu, Phys. Rev. Fluids 1 (2016) 044104
18.
Wake and wave resistance on viscous thin films
R. Ledesma-Alonso, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez and E. Raphaël, J. Fluid Mech. 792 (2016) 829
17.
Slip-mediated dewetting of polymer microdroplets
J. D. McGraw, T. S. Chan, S. Maurer, T. Salez, M. Benzaquen, E. Raphaël, M. Brinkmann and K. Jacobs, PNAS 113 (2016) 1168
16.
Universal contact-line dynamics at the nanoscale
M. Rivetti, T. Salez, M. Benzaquen, E. Raphaël and O. Baumchen, Soft Matter 11 (2015) 9247 - [Journal Cover]
15.
Symmetry plays a key role in the erasing of patterned surface features
M. Benzaquen, M. Ilton, M. V. Massa, T. Salez, P. Fowler, E. Raphaël and K. Dalnoki-Veress, Appl. Phys. Lett. 107 (2015) 053103
14.
Shape and effective spring constant of liquid interfaces probed at the nanometer scale: Finite size effect
J. Dupré de Baubigny, M. Benzaquen, L. Fabié, M. Delmas, J.-P. Aimé, M. Legros and T. Ondarçuhu, Langmuir 31 (2015) 9790
13.
Influence of slip on the Plateau-Rayleigh instability on a fibre
S. Haefner, M. Benzaquen, O. Bäumchen, T. Salez, R. Peters, J. D. McGraw, K. Jacobs, E. Raphaël and K. Dalnoki-Veress, Nature Comm. 6 (2015) 7409
12.
Two-phase flow in a chemically active porous medium
A. Darmon, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez and O. Dauchot, J. Chem. Phys. 141 (2014) 244704
11.
Wake pattern and wave resistance for anisotropic moving disturbances
M. Benzaquen, A. Darmon and E. Raphaël, Physics of Fluids 26 (2014) 092106
10.
Approach to universal self-similar attractor for the levelling of thin liquid films
M. Benzaquen, P. Fowler, L. Jubin, T. Salez, K. Dalnoki-Veress and E. Raphaël, Soft Matter 10 (2014) 8608 - [Journal Cover]
9.
Viscoelastic effects and anomalous transient levelling exponents in thin films
M. Benzaquen, T. Salez and E. Raphaël, Europhys. Lett. 106 (2014) 36003
8.
A direct quantitative measure of surface mobility in a glassy polymer
Y. Chai, T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, M. Benzaquen, K. Dalnoki-Veress, E. Raphaël and J. A. Forrest, Science 343 (2014) 994
7.
Capillary levelling of a cylindrical hole in a viscous film
M. Backholm, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, E. Raphaël and K. Dalnoki-Veress, Soft Matter 10 (2014) 2550
6.
Kelvin wake pattern at large Froude numbers
A. Darmon, M. Benzaquen and E. Raphaël, J. Fluid Mech. 738 (2014) R3 - [JFM Rapids]
5.
From adhesion to wetting of a soft particle
T. Salez, M. Benzaquen and E. Raphaël, Soft Matter 9 (2013) 10699 - [Journal Cover]
4.
Relaxation and intermediate asymptotics of a rectangular trench in a viscous film
O. Bäumchen, M. Benzaquen, T. Salez, J. D. McGraw, M. Backholm, P. Fowler, E. Raphaël and K. Dalnoki-Veress, Phys. Rev. E 88 (2013) 035001
3.
Intermediate asymptotics of the capillary-driven thin-film equation
M. Benzaquen, T. Salez and E. Raphaël, Eur. Phys. J. E 36 (2013) 82
2.
Capillary-gravity waves on depth-dependent currents: Consequences for the wave resistance
M. Benzaquen and E. Raphaël, Europhys. Lett. 97 (2012) 14007
1.
Wave resistance for capillary-gravity waves: Finite-size effects
M. Benzaquen, F. Chevy and E. Raphaël, Europhys. Lett. 96 (2011) 34003