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Gilles Francfort, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Centers for Computational Biology and Mathematics

Bio

Gilles Francfort joined the Flatiron Institute in January 2023 as a research scientist in the Center for Computational Biology. His research interests include the calculus of variations, solid mechanics and applied analysis. Prior to joining the Flatiron Institute, Francfort was a professor of mathematics at Université Sorbonne Paris-Nord. He obtained his Ph.D. at Stanford University. Francfort is a recipient of the French Academy of Science’s Prix Thématique Paul Doistau-Emile Blutet and is a former senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Publications

Periodic homogenization in scalar Hencky plasticity

arXiv:2609.31404v1, September 25, 2026

G. Francfort and Alessandro Giacomini

Uniqueness, regularity and characteristic flow for a non strictly convex singular variational problem

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, arxiv:2312.01849, 2025

Jean-Francois Babadjian and G. Francfort

Velocity optimization of self-equilibrated obstacles in a two-dimensional viscous flow

arXiv:2508.05481, August 7, 2025

G. Francfort, Alessandro Giacomini, and S. Weady

Velocity optimization of self-equilibrated obstacles in a two-dimensional viscous flow

arXiv:2508.05481, 2025

G. Francfort, Alessandro Giacomini, and S. Weady

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