Curriculum vitæ
Paper version updated on the August 12, 2025 (215ko)
Personal Details
Birth : 21st of June 1991 at Nancy (France - 54) - French Nationality.
Permanent address: Avenue Chantecler, F-64250 Cambo-les-Bains.
Professional address: Rue Nationale, F-57600 Forbach.
Personal e-mail: admin@mangeatm.fr.
Professional e-mail: mangeat AT lusi.uni-sb.de.
Professional Skills and Qualifications
Scientific research area: Nonequilibrium statistical physics (dispersion of particles in complex media, optical trapping of nanoparticles, sedimentation of active matter, and flocking dynamics of active spins), applications of statistical physics to biology (search strategies, first passage times, intracellular transport, and cytoskeleton organization), glass transition and disordered systems.
Technics: Analytical solutions of physical problems, numerical solutions of equations with the finite elements method (with FreeFem++), and numerical simulations of stochastic and molecular dynamics (with C++ and OpenMP).
Languages: French (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish and Basque (basics).
Computer languages: C, C++, OpenMP, MPI, python, shell, html, PHP.
Scientific softwares: Mathematica, Maple, Gnuplot, FlexPDE, FreeFem++, Zotero.
Other softwares: LibreOffice, LATEX, Beamer, Inkscape.
Other Qualifications: Driving licence - since the 22nd of October 2010
Education
25 Sept. 2018: PhD thesis at the University of Bordeaux in Physics (Laser, matter and nanoscience).
2016: “Teaching Through Teaching” program at the University of Bordeaux.
2015 - 2018: PhD student at the University of Bordeaux supervised by David S. Dean and Thomas Guérin.
2015: Diploma of the École Normale Supérieure.
2014 - 2015: Master student in Theoretical Physics ENS-ICFP at the École Normale Supérieure1, Paris, France [Courses followed at the ENS].
2012 - 2013: Bachelor student in Physics at the École Normale Supérieure1, Paris, France [Courses followed at the ENS].
2009 - 2012: 'Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles'2 - Physics and Chemistry, at the René Cassin High School, Bayonne, France.
2009 : 'Baccalauréat Scientifique'3 with honours.
Notes
1 The École Normale Supérieure is a prestigious institution of heigher education providing specialized training to student who will become researcher or/and professor.
2 equivalent to the two first years of Bachelor's degree with intensive curses preparing for highly competitive, national entrance examination to French 'Grandes Ecoles' - including engineering schools and the ENS.
3 equivalent to British A levels in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry.
Work Experience
2018-2024: Postdoc in the group of H. Rieger at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. Research work on the sedimentation of active matter, flocking dynamics of active spins, and intracellular transport times, participation in writing the lecture notes, and group webpage manager.
2015-2018: PhD in physics, From dispersion to Brownian vortices in out-of-equilibrium confined systems [pdf], supervised by D. S. Dean et T. Guérin at Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine, University of Bordeaux, France. Research work on the dispersion of particles in complex media and the optical trapping of nanoparticles, and teaching assistant at the University of Bordeaux during the third year.
01-03/2015: Second-year Master’s internship, Approximation schemes for the glass transition in simple systems [pdf], supervised by F. Zamponi at Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
02-07/2014: First-year Master’s internship, Kinetic Monte Carlo studies of Reaction-Diffusion systems [pdf], supervised by H. Rieger and K. Schwarz at Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
07/2013: Third-year Bachelor’s internship, Faraday instability - Scattering of an acoustic wave on the air-liquid interface [pdf], supervised by S. Fauve at Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
Scientific Publications
2025
[21] S. Chatterjee, M. Karmakar, M. Mangeat, H. Rieger, and R. Paul, Stability of discrete-symmetry flocks: sandwich state, traveling domains and motility-induced pinning, submitted (2025). [links]
[20] A. K. Dutta, M. Mangeat, H. Rieger, R. Paul, and S. Chatterjee, Stability of flocking in the reciprocal two-species Vicsek model: Effects of relative population, motility, and noise, Phys. Rev. E 112, 024137 (August 2025). [links]
[19] M. Mangeat, S. Chatterjee, J. D. Noh, and H. Rieger, Emergent complex phases in a discrete flocking model with reciprocal and non-reciprocal interactions, Commun. Phys. 8, 186 (April 2025). [links]
2024
[18] M. Mangeat, S. Chakraborty, A. Wysocki, and H. Rieger, Stationary particle currents in sedimenting active matter wetting a wall, Phys. Rev. E 109, 014616 (January 2024). [links]
2023
[17] M. Karmakar, S. Chatterjee, M. Mangeat, H. Rieger, and R. Paul, Jamming and flocking in the restricted active Potts model, Phys. Rev. E 108, 014604 (July 2023). [links]
[16] S. Chatterjee, M. Mangeat, C.-U. Woo, H. Rieger, and J. D. Noh, Flocking of two unfriendly species: The two-species Vicsek model, Phys. Rev. E 107, 024607 (February 2023). [links]
2022
[15] S. Chatterjee, M. Mangeat, and H. Rieger, Polar flocks with discretized directions: the active clock model approaching the Vicsek model, EPL 138, 41001 (June 2022). [links]
[14] A. Alexandre, M. Mangeat, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, How Stickiness Can Speed Up Diffusion in Confined Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 210601 (May 2022). [links]
2021
[13] M. Mangeat, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, Steady state of overdamped particles in the non-conservative force field of a simple non-linear model of optical trap, J. Stat. Mech. 2021, 113205 (November 2021). [links]
[12] M. Mangeat and H. Rieger, Narrow escape problem in two-shell spherical domains, Phys. Rev. E 104, 044124 (October 2021). [links]
2020
[11] M. Mangeat, S. Chatterjee, R. Paul, and H. Rieger, Flocking with a q-fold discrete symmetry: Band-to-lane transition in the active Potts model, Phys. Rev. E 102, 042601 (October 2020). [links]
[10] S. Chatterjee, M. Mangeat, R. Paul, and H. Rieger, Flocking and reorientation transition in the 4-state active Potts model, EPL 130, 66001 (July 2020). [links]
[09] M. Mangeat, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, Effective diffusivity of Brownian particles in a two dimensional square lattice of hard disks, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 234109 (June 2020). [links]
2019
[08] M. Mangeat and H. Rieger, The narrow escape problem in a circular domain with radial piecewise constant diffusivity, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52, 424002 (September 2019). [links]
[07] M. Mangeat, Y. Amarouchene, Y. Louyer, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, Role of nonconservative scattering forces and damping on Brownian particles in optical traps, Phys. Rev. E 99, 052107 (May 2019). [links]
[06] Y. Amarouchene, M. Mangeat, B. Vidal Montes, L. Ondic, T. Guérin, D. S. Dean, and Y. Louyer, Nonequilibrium Dynamics Induced by Scattering Forces for Optically Trapped Nanoparticles in Strongly Inertial Regimes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 183901 (May 2019). [links]
2018
[PhD] M. Mangeat, From dispersion to Brownian vortices in out-of-equilibrium confined systems, PhD thesis, University of Bordeaux (defended the 25 September 2018). [links]
[05] M. Mangeat, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, Dispersion in two-dimensional periodic channels with discontinuous profiles, J. Chem. Phys. 149, 124105 (September 2018). [links]
2017
[04] M. Mangeat, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, Dispersion in two dimensional channels—the Fick–Jacobs approximation revisited, J. Stat. Mech. 2017, 123205 (December 2017). [links]
[03] M. Mangeat, T. Guérin, and D. S. Dean, Geometry controlled dispersion in periodic corrugated channels, EPL 118, 40004 (July 2017). [links]
[02] X. Zhou, R. Zhao, K. Schwarz, M. Mangeat, E. C. Schwarz, M. Hamed, I. Bogeski, V. Helms, H. Rieger, and B. Qu, Bystander cells enhance NK cytotoxic efficiency by reducing search time, Sci. Rep 7, 44357 (March 2017). [links]
2016
[01] M. Mangeat and F. Zamponi, Quantitative approximation schemes for glasses, Phys. Rev. E 93, 012609 (December 2016). [links]
Author metrics
total citations: 332 (Google Scholar, as of July 2025).
h-index: 12 (Google Scholar, as of July 2025).
i10-index: 14 (Google Scholar, as of July 2025).
journal publications: 19.
preprint: 2.
manuscripts under preparation: 1.
Scientific Conferences and Seminars
2025
[21] The 29th international conference on Statistical Physics (StatPhys29), Florence, July 2025, Emergent phases in a discrete flocking model with non-reciprocal interaction. [link][poster]
[20] DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Regensburg 2025, University of Regensburg (Germany), March 2025, Emergent phases in a discrete flocking model with reciprocal interaction. [link][talk*]
2024
[19] DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Berlin 2024, TU Berlin (Germany), March 2024, Stationary particle currents in sedimenting active matter wetting a wall. [link][talk*]
[18] DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Berlin 2024, TU Berlin (Germany), March 2024, Flocking of two unfriendly species. [link][poster]
2023
[17] Cell Physics 2023, Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany), October 2023. [link][attendee]
[16] DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Dresden 2023, TU Dresden (Germany), March 2023, Wetting of reflecting plates by an active Brownian fluid. [link][poster]
[15] DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Dresden 2023, TU Dresden (Germany), March 2023, Polar flocks with discretized directions: the active clock model approaching the Vicsek model. [link][talk*]
2022
[14] DPG Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Regensburg 2022, University of Regensburg (Germany), September 2022, Polar flocks with discretized directions: the active clock model approaching the Vicsek model. [link][poster]
2021
[13] Cell Physics 2021, Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany), September 2021. [link][attendee]
[12] Virtual DPG Spring Meeting 2021, online, March 2021, The narrow escape problem in two-shell circular domains. [link][poster]
[11] Virtual DPG Spring Meeting 2021, online, March 2021, Flocking and reorientation transition in the q-state active Potts model. [link][poster]
[10] Seminar, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (Orsay, France, online), January 2021, Flocking and reorientation transition in the q-state active Potts model. [link][talk*]
2020
[09] Seminar, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (Toulouse, France, online), December 2020, Flocking and reorientation transition in the q-state active Potts model. [link][talk*]
[08] Microswimmers International Conference 2020: Motile Active Matter, Forschungszentrum caesar (Bonn, Germany, online), October 2020, Flocking and reorientation transition in the q-state active Potts model. [link][poster]
[07] Frontiers in Computational Methods for Active Matter, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (Lausanne, Switzerland), February 2020, Flocking and reorientation transition in the 4-state active Potts model. [link][poster]
2019
[06] Cell Physics 2019, Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany), October 2019, The narrow escape problem in a circular domain with radial piecewise constant diffusivity. [link][talk*]
[05] DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section - Regensburg 2019, University of Regensburg (Germany), April 2019, Controlled dispersion in periodic microchannels and regular obstacle parks. [link][talk*]
2018
[04] LOMA Theory Day 2018, Bordeaux University (Talence, France), May 2018, Geometry controlled dispersion in periodic channels. [link][talk*]
[03] Seminar, Saarland University (Saarbrücken, Germany), April 2018, Geometry controlled dispersion in periodic channels. [talk*]
[02] Journées de Physique Statistique 2018, ESPCI (Paris, France), January 2018, Dispersion in periodic channels. [link][talk*]
2017
[01] International Summer School "Fundamental Problems in Statistical Physics XIV", Bruneck (Italy), July 2017, Geometry controlled dispersion in periodic corrugated channels. [link][poster]
*Content in which errors may be present. To be looked carefully. Not modified since their presentations.
Teaching
2021
Lecture Advanced Quantum Mechanics.
2017-2018 (64 hours)
TPs Electromagnetism and electronics (11.33h): Operational amplifier: operating modes and limits / Application of OPAMP for functions in analog electronics / Application of OPAMP to active filtering.
TPs Fluid mechanics (12h): Volumic mass and density / Surface tension, phenomena at air-liquid interfaces / Flow and pressure drop.
TPs Physics for Earth Sciences (24h): Volumic mass, density and surface tension / Flow and pressure drop / Magnetic field measurements / Magnetic moment of a magnet.
Methodology Scientific part (18.67h): The poster, a scientific communication medium.
2016 (24 hours)
TPs Fluid mechanics (12h): Volumic mass and density / Surface tension, phenomena at air-liquid interfaces / Flow and pressure drop.
TDs Mathematics for the representation of physical phenomena (12h): Differential calculus / Vector calculus / Coordinate systems / Integral calculus / Scalar and vector fields.