Carlos ManuelVenancio Marques Serra

Portuguese.Born July 20, 1962 in Luanda, Angola.CNRS Senior Scientist

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web : http ://www.ics-cnrs.unistra.fr/Mcube ; e-mail : marques@unistra.frEducation1980-86 Bachelor in Physics, University of Lisbon. Master in Physics, University of Lyon I.1986-89 PhD : Polymers at Interfaces. University of Lyon I.

1994 Habilitation. University of Strasbourg.

Professional Career1987-89 Teaching assistant at the Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon.1989-95 CNRS Research Scientist at Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg.1989-90 Post Doctoral position, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.1995-96 Sabbatical leave, University of California in Santa Barbara.1996-98 CNRS Research Scientist at the C.N.R.S.-Rhodia-Princeton University Complex Fluid Labora-

tory, Cranbury, USA, Visiting Collaborator of Princeton University.1998-13 CNRS Research Scientist, Strasbourg. Senior Scientist since 2002.

Awards1994 Bronze CNRS Medal ; 1999 CNRS Equipes Jeunes ACI ; 2004 Alsace Research Award.

Teaching Experience1987-89 Condensed Matter and Quantum Mechanics. ENS-Lyon and ULP Strasbourg

1993 Self-Assembled Systems, Curso de Post-Graduacao. USP, Brazil.1993-95 Polymer Physics. Ecole Superieure de Plasturgie, Oyonnax.

1998 Physics of Membranes, Short Course. Princeton University.2004-14 A Random Walk in Soft Land. UNAM, Mexico. USP, Brazil. University of Strasbourg1999-14 Kinetics of Soft Matter and Advanced Soft Matter, University of Strasbourg.

Published more than 120 articles, choice of 3[062] Impact of Polymer Tether Length on Multiple Ligand-Receptor Bond Formation. Jeppesen, C. ;

Wong, J.Y. ; Kuhl, T.L. ; Israelachvili, J.N. Mullah, N. ; Zalipsky, S. ; Marques, C.M. Science,2001, 293, 465. A quantitative study of the role of ligand spacers on bio-adhesion.

[081] Photo-induced Destruction of Giant Vesicles in Methylene Blue Solutions. Caetano, W. ; Haddad,P.S. ; Itri, R. ; Severino, D. ; Vieira, V.C. ; Baptista, M.S. ; Schroder, A. ; Marques, C.M. Langmuir,2007, 23, 1307. Visualisation of photo-induced oxidation of lipid membranes.

[110] Enhanced Chemical Synthesis at Soft Interfaces : A Universal Reaction-Adsorption Mechanism inMicrocompartments. Fallah-Araghi, A. ; Meguellati, K. ; Baret, J. C. ; El Harrak, A. ; Mangeat, T. ;Karplus, M. ; Ladame, S. ; Marques, C. M. ; Griffiths, A.D. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2014, 112, 028301.Was life born in a droplet ?

Present ResearchThe science of lipid membranes : giant unilamellar vesicles as lipid bilayer plateforms ; lipid oxidation ;DNA, peptide and nanoparticle interactions with lipid membranes ; specific adhesion ; reaction-diffusionand confinement ... and also co-non-solvency ; fiber compression ; pebble erosion ...

Publications (1-20)

[001] D.E.A. report on “Elasticite des Gels Rigides”. Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I (1986).[002] Adsorption of Block Copolymers in Selective Solvents. Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F., Leibler, L.

Macromolecules 1988, 21, 1051.[003] Adsorption of semi-dilute polymer solutions on fractal colloidal grains. Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F.

Journal de Physique 1988, 49, 1103.[004] Block Copolymer Adsorption in a Nonselective Solvent. Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F. Macromolecules

1989, 22, 1454.[005] Simple Cubic Structure in Micellar Copolymer Mesophases. Marques, C.M. ; Witten, T.A. Journal de

Physique 1989, 50, 1267.[006] Adsorption of Random Copolymers. Marques, C.M. Proceedings of Phase Transitions in Soft Conden-

sed Matter. Editors : T. Riste, D. Sherrington. NATO ASI Series, Plenum Press, New York (1989).[007] Copolymer Adsorption. Joanny, J.F. ; Marques, C.M. Proceedings of Space-Time Organization in

Macromolecular Fluids. Editors : F. Tanaka, M. Doi, T Ohta. Springer-Verlag Series in ChemicalPhysics, 51 (1989).

[008] Les Polymeres aux Interfaces. Marques, C.M. PhD Thesis Universite Claude Bernard, Lyon I (1989).[009] Adsorption of Random Copolymers. Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F. Macromolecules 1990, 23, 268.[010] Rigid Polymer Network Models Jones, J.L. ; Marques, C.M. Journal de Physique 1990, 51, 1113.[011] Hexagonal and Lamellar Mesophases Induced by Shear Marques, C.M. ; Cates, M.E. Journal de

Physique 1990, 51, 1733.[012] Shear Induced Order in Dilute Lamellar Systems Marques, C.M. ; Cates, M.E. Proceedings of the10th

General Conference of the EPS Condensed Matter Division. Lisbon (1990).[013] Harmonic Corrections near the Ordering Transition Marques, C.M. ; Cates, M.E. Europhysics Letters,

1990, 13, 267.[014] Role of Adsorbed Polymer in Bilayer Elasticityr Brooks, J.T. ; Marques, C.M. ; Cates, M.E. Europhy-

sics Letters, 1991, 14, 713.[015] The Ellipsometric Effective Thickness of an Inhomogeneous Layer. Marques, C.M. ; Frigerio, J-M. ;

Rivory, J. J. Opt. Soc. Am., 1991, 12, 2523.[016] Diblock Copolymers in a Selective Solventr Johner, A ; Joanny, J.F. ; Marques, C.M. Physica A, 1991,

192, 285.[017] Dynamic Relaxation of Rod-Like Micelles Cates, M.E. ; Marques, C.M. ; Bouchaud, J.P. J. Chem.

Phys. 1991, 94, 8529.[018] Diblock Copolymers : Comicellization and Coadsorption Shim, D.F.K. ; Marques, C.M. ; Cates, M.E.

Macromolecules 1991, 24, 5309.[019] Nonlinear Thermodynamic Relaxation in Living Polymer Systems. Marques, C.M., Cates, M.E. J.Phys

II (Paris) 1991, 1, 489.[020] The Effect of the Adsorbed Polymer on the Elastic Moduli of Surfactant Bilayers. Brooks, J.T.,

Marques, C.M ; Cates, M.E. J Phys II (Paris) 1991, 1, 673.

Publications (21-40)

[021] Membrane Curvature Elasticity in Weakly Charged Lamellar Phases Harden, J.L ; Marques, C.M. ;Joanny, J., Andelman, D. Langmuir, 1992, 8, 1170.

[022] Characterization of Interfacial Index Gradients by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry at Variable Angle ofIncidence Rivory, J ; Frigerio, J-M ; Marques, C.M. Opt Comm., 1992, 89, 482.

[023] Can a Polymer Brush Trap a Wetting Layer ? Johner, A. ; Marques, C.M. Phys. Rev. Let., 1992, 69,1827.

[024] Dynamics of worm-like micelles : “the bond-interchange reaction scheme”. Turner, M.S. ; Marques,C.M. ; Cates, M.E. Langmuir, 1993, 9, 695.

[025] Confinement of living polymers. Schmitt, V. ; Lequeux, F. ; Marques, C.M. J. Phys. II (Paris), 1993,3, 891.

[026] End-evaporation kinetics in living-polymer systems. Marques, C.M. ; Turner, M.S. ; Cates, M.E.J.Chem. Phys. 1993, 99, 7260.

[027] Fluctuation effects in the ordering of thin diblock copolymer films. Marques, C.M. Phys. Rev. Lett.1993, 70, 1351.

[027.5] Les tensioactifs macromoleculaires Marques, C.M. ; Johner, A. ; Joanny, J.F. Images de la Recherche,1994, 2, 67.

[028] Formation of Micelles of Diblock and Triblock Copolymers in a selective solvent. Izzo, D. ; Marques,C.M. Macromolecules, 1993, 26, 7189.

[029] Grafted Polymer Brushes under External Fields. Marko J.F., Johner, A. ; Marques, C.M. J.Chem.Phys., 1993, 99, 8142.

[030] Hydrodynamic modes of viscoelastic soap films. Sens, P. ; Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F. Langmuir1993, 9, 3212.

[031] Relaxation Mechanisms in worm-like micelles. Marques, C.M. ; Turner, M.S. ; Cates, M.E. J. Non-cryst. Sol. 1994, 172, 1168.

[032] Critere de stabilite pour les fluides a parametre d’ordre couple avec l’ecoulement. Schmitt, V. ;Lequeux, F. ; Marques, C. Les Cahiers de Rheologie 1993, 11, 343.

[033] Surface-induced lamellar ordering in a hexagonal phase of diblock copolymers. Marques, C.M. ; Tur-ner, M.S. ; Rubinstein, M. Macromolecules, 1994, 27, 4986.

[034] Viscoelasticity of adsorbed polymer layers. Sens, P. ; Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F. Macromolecules,1994, 27, 3812.

[035] Shear-induced micellization of diblock copolymers. Jones, J. ; Marques, C.M. ; Joanny, J.F. Macro-molecules, 1995, 28, 136.

[036] Embedment of Colloids in Copolymer Cubic Phases. Turner, M.S. ; Marques, C.M. Europhys. Let.1995, 32, 493.

[037] Pollutant-polysoap interactions. Rouault, Y. ; Marques, C.M. J. Phys II 1997, 7, 903.[038] Instability of Complex Fluids in a Shear Flow : the Role of Flow-Concentration Coupling. Schmitt,

V. ; Marques, C. ; Lequeux, F. Phys. Rev. E 1995, 52, 4009.[039] Les Polymeres en Solution Initiation a la Chimie et a la Physico-Chimie Macromoleculaire Marques,

C. M. ; Joanny, J. F. Groupe Francais des polymeres. (1996).[040] Mixed Micelles in a Bidisperse solution of diblock copolymers. Sens, P. ; Marques, C. ; Joanny, J.F.

Macromolecules 1996, 29, 4880.

Publications (41-60)

[041] Bunchy Micelles. Marques, C.M. Langmuir 1997, 13, 1430.[042] Deviatoric Spontaneous Curvature of Lipid Membranes Induced by Siamese Macromolecular Surfac-

tants. Marques, C.M. ; Fournier, J.B. Europhys. Let. 1996, 35, 361.[043] Flow Effects in the Polymer Cyclization Reaction Kolb, A. ; Marques, C.M. ; Fredrickson, G.H. Ma-

cromol. Th. Simul. 1997, 6, 169.[044] Rigid Gaussian Chains : the Scattering Function. Marques, C.M. ; Fredrickson, G.H. J. Phys II 1997,

7, 1805.[045] Short and Long Chains at Interfaces. Daillant, J. ; Guenoun, P. ; Marques, C., Muller, P., Tran Thanh

Van, J. Editions Frontieres, 1995, M85[046] How do Surface Fields Couple to Bulk Ordering ? Turner, M.S. ; Marques, C.M. ; Rubinstein, M. in

Short and Long Chains at Interfaces, Ed. Daillant, J. ; Guenoun, P. ; Marques, C., Muller, P., TranThanh Van Editions Frontieres 1995, M85, 89

[047] Membranes in Rod Solutions : a System with Spontaneously Broken Symmetry. Yaman, K. ; Pincus,P. ; Marques, C.M. P.R.L., 1997, 78, 4514.

[048] Selectively swollen phases of diblock copolymers. Izzo, D ; Marques, CM. Macromolecules, 1997, 30,6544.

[049] Scattering from solutions of star polymers. Marques, C.M. ; Charitat, T. ; Izzo, D ; Mendes, E. EPJB, 1998, 3, 353.

[050] Rods near curved surfaces and in curved boxes. a System with Spontaneously Broken Symmetry.Yaman, K. ; Jeng, M. ; Pincus, P. ; Jeppesen, C. ; Marques, C.M. Physica A, 1997, 247, 159.

[051] Electrostatics in the self-assembly of macromolecular surfactants. Mendes, E. ; Schadler, V. ; Marques,C.M. ; Lindner, P. ; Wiesner, U. Europhys. Let. 1997, 40, 521.

[052] Depletion forces between two spheres in a rod solution. Yaman, K. ; Jeppesen, C. ; Marques, C.M.Europhys. Let. 1998, 42, 221.

[053] Confinement of polysoaps in membrane lyotropic phases. Yang, Y. ; Prudhomme, R. ; McGrath, K.M. ;Richetti, P. ; Marques, C.M. P.R.L., 1998, 80, 2729.

[054] Bulk and surface behavior of cationic guars in solutions of oppositely charged surfactants. Anthony,O ; Marques, CM ; Richetti, P. Langmuir, 1998, 14, 6086.

[055] Small-angle neutron scattering on neutral and cationic guar galactomannan Gittings, M.R. ; Lal, J. ;Derian, P.-J. ; Marques, C.M. in Polysaccharide Applications : Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals Ed.M.A. El-Nokaly and H. A. Soini ACS Symposium Series 737, Oxford University Press (1999).

[056] Confinement of polysoaps in nonionic surfactant lyotropic bilayers Yang, Y. ; Prudhomme, R. ; Ri-chetti, P. ; Marques, C.M. Proceedings of the 215th National Meeting of the American ChemicalSociety (1998)

[057] Pressure patches for membranes : the induced pinch of a grafted polymer. Bickel, T. ; Marques,C.M. ; Jeppesen, C. P.R.E., 2000, 62, 1124.

[058] Grafted polymers are microscopic pressure tools. Bickel, T. ; Marques, C.M. ; Jeppesen, C. C.R.A.S.IV, 2000, 1, 661.

[059] The Structure of Guar in Solutions of H2O and D2O : An Ultra-Small-Angle Light Scattering Study.Gittings, M.R. ; Cipelletti, L. ; Trappe, V. ; Weitz, D.A. ; In, M. ; Marques, C. M. J. Phys. Chem. B,2000, 104, 4381.

[060] Local entropic effects of polymers grafted to soft interfaces. Bickel, T. ; Jeppesen, C. ; Marques, C.M.EPJ E, 2001, 4, 33.

Publications (61-80)

[061] Interaction of Hydrophobically Modified Polymers and Surfactant Lamellar Phase Yang, B.-S. ; Lal,J. ; Richetti, P., Marques C.M. Russel, W.B. ; Prud’homme, R.K. Langmuir, 2001, 17, 5834.

[062] Impact of Polymer Tether Length on Multiple Ligand-Receptor Bond Formation. Jeppesen, C. ; Wong,J.Y. ; Kuhl, T.L. ; Israelachvili, J.N. Mullah, N. ; Zalipsky, S. ; Marques, C.M. Science, 2001, 293,465.

[063] Scattering from supramacromolecular structures. Mendoza, C. ; Marques, C.M. Phys. Rev. E, 2002,66, 051805.

[064] Anisotropy of lamellar block copolymer grains. Balsara, N.P. ; Marques, C.M. ; Garetz, B. A. ; New-stein, M.C. ; Gido, S.P. Phys. Rev. E, 2002, 66, 052802.

[065] Scale-dependent rigidity of polymer-ornamented membranes. Bickel, T. ; Marques, C.M. EPJ E, 2002,9, 349.

[066] Irreversible vs reversible bridging : when is kinetics relevant for adhesion ? Moreira, A. ; Marques,C.M. Europhys. Let., 2003, 62, 876.

[067] Compression modulus of macroscopic fiber bundles. Beckrich, P. ; Weick, G. ; Marques, C.M. ; Cha-ritat, T. Europhys. Let., 2003, 64, 647.

[068] Fluctuating diffusion-limited aggregates. Mendonza, C. ; Marques, C. Physica A, 2004, 335, 305.[069] The role of polymer spacers in specific adhesion. Moreira, A. ; Marques, C.M. J. Chem. Phys., 2004,

120, 6229.[070] Rheology of giant vesicles : a micropipet study. Fa, N. ; Marques, C.M. ; Mendes, E. ; Schroder, A.

Phys. Rev. Let., 2004, 92, 108103.[071] Gliadin effect on giant vesicle elastic modulus. Monteiro A.M.F. ; Fa, N. ; Areas, E.P.G. ; Schroder,

A. ; Marques, C.M. Progr. Colloid. Polym. Sci., 2004, 128, 184.[072] Sliding Grafted Polymer Layers. Baulin, V.A. ; Johner, A. ; Marques, C.M. Macromolecules, 2005,

38, 1434.[073] Suspension colloıdale au voisinage d’une membrane fluide. Bickel, T. ; Marques, C.M. Proceedings

of the Spring School Physique de la Matiere Molle et Applications April 2004, Marrakech, Morocco.[074] Platelet Self-Assembly of an Amphiphilic A-B-C-A Tetrablock Copolymer in Pure Water. Gomez,

E.D. ; Rappl, T.J. ; Agarwal, V. ; Bose, A. ; Schmutz, M. ; Marques, C.M., Balsara, N.P. Macromo-lecules, 2005, 38, 3567.

[075] Solubilization of Homopolymers in a Solution of Diblock Copolymers. Izzo, D. ; Marques, C.M. J.Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109, 6140.

[076] Micellization of Sliding Polymer Surfactants. Baulin, V.A. ; Lee, N. K. ; Johner, A. ; Marques, C.M.Macromolecules, 2006, 39, 871.

[077] What is in a Pebble Shape ? Durian, D.J. ; Bideaud, H. ; Duringer, P. ; Schroder, A. ; Thalmann, F. ;Marques, C.M. Phys. Rev. Let., 2006, 97, 028001.

[078] Entropic Interactions in Soft Nanomaterials. Bickel, T. ; Marques, C.M. J. Nanosci. Nanotech., 2006,6, 2386.

[079] First-passage problem for the Rouse polymer chain : An exact solution. Likthman, A.E. ; Marques,C.M. Europhys. Let., 2006, 75, 971.

[080] Dynamics of micelles of the triblock copolymers poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) in aqueous solution. Zana, R. ; Marques, C.M. ; Johner, A. Adv. Coll. Int. Sci.,2006, 123-126, 345.

Publications (81-100)

[081] Photo-induced Destruction of Giant Vesicles in Methylene Blue Solutions. Caetano, W. ; Haddad,P.S. ; Itri, R. ; Severino, D. ; Vieira, V.C. ; Baptista, M.S. ; Schroder, A. ; Marques, C.M. Langmuir,2007, 23, 1307.

[082] Shape and Erosion of Pebbles. Durian, D.J. ; Bideaud, H. ; Duringer, P. ; Schroder, A. ; Marques,C.M. Phys. Rev. E., 2007, 75, 021301.

[083] Collision induced spatial organization of microtubules. Baulin, V.A. ; Marques, C.M. ; Thalmann, F.Biophys. Chemist., 2007, 128, 231.

[084] Ligand-Receptor Interactions in Chains of Colloids : When Reactions Are Limited by RotationalDiffusion. Lee, Nam-Kyung ; Johner, A. ; Thalmann, F ; Cohen-Tannoudji, L. ; Bertrand, E. ; Baudry,J. ; Bibette, J. ; Marques, C. M. Langmuir, 2008, 24, 1296.

[085] Spreading of bio-adhesive vesicles on DNA carpets. Hisette, M.-L. ; Haddad, P. ; Gisler, T ; Marques,C. M. ; Schroder, A.P. Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 828.

[086] Measuring the Kinetics of Biomolecular Recognition with Magnetic Colloids. Cohen-Tannoudji, L. ;Bertrand, E. ; Baudry, J. ; Robic, C. ; Goubault, C. ; Pellissier, M. ; Johner, A. ; Thalmann, F ; Lee,Nam-Kyung ; Marques, C. M. ; Bibette, J. Phys. Rev. Let., 2008, 100, 108301.

[087] Volume transition in composite poly(NIPAM) Giant Unilamellar Vesicles. Campillo, C.C. ; SchroderA.P. ; Marques, C.M. ; Pepin-Donat, B. Soft Matter, 2008, 4, 2486.

[088] Composite gel-filled giant vesicles : Membrane homogeneity and mechanical properties. Campillo,C.C. ; Schroder A.P. ; Marques, C.M. ; Pepin-Donat, B. Mat. Sci. Eng. C, 2008, 29, 393

[089] Combining Fluorescence Lifetime and Polarization Microscopy to Discriminate Phase Separated Do-mains in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles. Haluska C. K. ; Schroder A.P. ; Didier, P. ; Heissler, D. ; Duportail,G. ; Mely, Y. ; Marques, C.M. Biophys. J., 2008, 95, 5737.

[090] Electroformation of Giant Vesicles from an Inverse Phase Precursor. Mertins O. ; Silveira, N. P. ;Pohlmann, A. R. ; Schroder A.P. ; Marques, C.M. Biophys. J., 2009, 96, 2719.

[091] Giant Vesicles under Oxidative Stress Induced by a Membrane-Anchored Photosensitizer. Riske, K.A. ;Sudbrak, T.P. ; Archilha, N.L. ; Uchoa, A.F. ; Schroder, A.P ; Marques, C.M. ; Baptista, M.S. ; Itri,R. Biophys. J., 2009, 97, 1362.

[092] Surfactant Distribution in Waterborne Acrylic Films. 1. Bulk Investigation. Arnold, C. ; Thalmann,F. ; Marques, C. M. ; Marie, P. ; Holl, Y. J. Phys. Chem. B, 2010, 114, 9135.

[093] Scraping and Stapling of End-Grafted DNA Chains by a Bioadhesive Spreading Vesicle to RevealChain Internal Friction and Topological Complexity. Nam, G. ; Hisette, M. L. ; Sun, Y. L. ; Gisler,T. ; Johner, A. ; Thalmann, F. ; Schroder, A.P. ; Marques, C. M. ; Lee, N. K. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2010,105, 088101.

[094] Enhanced shear separation for chiral magnetic colloidal aggregates. Mendoza, C. I. ; Marques, C. M. ;Thalmann, F. Phys. Rev. E, 2010, 82, 060401.

[095] Abrasion of flat rotating shapes. Roth, A. E. ; Marques, C. M. ; Durian, D. J. Phys. Rev. E, 2011,83, 031303.

[096] Thermodynamic Approach to Phase Coexistence in Ternary Phospholipid-Cholesterol Mixtures. Wolff,J. ; Marques, C. M. ; Thalmann, F. Phys. Rev. Lett, 2011, 106, 128104.

[097] Photocontrol of End-Grafted lambda-phage DNA. Sun, Y. L. ; Mani, N. K. ; Baigl, D. ; Gisler, T. ;Schroder, A. P. ; Marques, C. M. Soft Matter, 2011, 7, 5578.

[098] Lipid bilayer adhesion on sparse DNA carpets : theoretical analysis of membrane deformations inducedby single end-grafted polymers. Thalmann, F. ; Billot, V. ; Marques, C.M. ; Phys. Rev. E, 2011, 83,061922.

[099] Lipidic composite vesicles based on poly(NIPAM), chitosan or hyaluronan : behaviour under stresses.Pepin-Donat, B ; Campillo, C. ; Quemeneur, F. ; Rinaudo, M ; Marques, C.M. ; Schroder, A and Maret,G. IJND, 2011, 2, 17.

[100] Structure and thermodynamics of lipid bilayers on polyethylene glycol cushions : Fact and fictionof PEG cushioned membranes. Watkins, E. ; El-khouri, R. ; Miller, C. ; Seaby, B. ; Majewski, J. ;Marques, C. ; Kuhl, T. Langmuir, 2011, 27, 13618.

Publications (101-120)

[101] Photo-activated phase separation in giant vesicles made from different lipid mixtures. Haluska, C.K. ;Baptista, M.S. ; Fernandes, A.U. ; Seaby, B. ; Schroder, A.P., J. ; Marques, C.M. ; Itri, R. Biochem.Biophys. Acta, 2012, 1818, 666.

[102] Hydrophobic droplets in amphiphilic bilayers : a coarse-grained mean-field theory study. Greenall,M.J. ; Marques, C.M. Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3308.

[103] Membrane insertion of sliding anchored polymers Bauer, M. ; Bernhardt, M. ; Charitat, T. ; Kekicheff,P. ; Fajolles,C. ; Fragneto, G. ; Marques, C.M. ; Daillant, J. Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 1700.

[104] Can Amphiphile Architecture Directly Control Vesicle Size ? Greenall, M. ; Marques, C.M. Phys. Rev.Let., 2013, 110, 088301.

[105] Pressure exerted by a grafted polymer on the limiting line of a semi-infinite square lattice Jensen, I. ;Dantas, W. D. ; Marques, C. M. ; Stilck, J. F. J. Phys. A : Math. Theor., 2013, 46, 115004.

[106] Polymer Brushes under High Load Balko, S. M. ; Kreer, T. ; Costanzo, P. J. ; Patten, T. A. ; Johner,A. ; Kuhl, T. L., Marques, C. M. PLOS ONE, 2013, 8, e58392.

[107] Gel-Assisted Formation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles. Weinberger, A. ; Tsai, F-C. ; Koenderink, G.H. ; Schmidt, T.F. ; Itri, R. ; Meier, W. ; Schmatko, T. ; Schroder, A. Marques, C. Biophys. J., 2013,105, 154.

[108] Enhanced imine synthesis in water : from surfactant-mediated catalysis to host–guest mechanismsMeguellati, K. ; Fallah-Araghi, A. ; Baret, J. C. ; El Harrak, A. ; Mangeat, T. ; Marques, C. M. ;Griffiths, A.D. ; Ladame, S. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 11332.

[109] Physical damage on giant vesicles membrane as a result of methylene blue photoirradiation Mertins,O. ; Bacellar, I. O. L ; Thalmann, F. ; Marques, C. M. ; Baptista, M. S. ; Itri, R. Biophys. J., 2014,106, 162.

[110] Enhanced chemical synthesis at soft interfaces : a universal reaction-adsorption mechanism in micro-compartments Fallah-Araghi, A. ; Meguellati, K. ; Baret, J. C. ; El Harrak, A. ; Mangeat, T. ; Karplus,M. ; Ladame, S. ; Marques, C. M. ; Griffiths, A.D. Phys. Rev. Lett., 2014, 112, 028301.

[111] Lipid oxidation induces structural changes in biomimetic membranes Weber, G. ; Charitat, T., Bap-tista, M. S. ; Uchoa, A. F. ; Pavani, C ; Junqueira, H. C. ; Guo, Y. ; Baulin, V. A. ; Itri, R. ; Marques,C. M. and Schroder, A. P. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 4241.

[112] Can adding oil control domain formation in binary amphiphile bilayers ? Greenall, M.J. ; Marques,C.M. Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 7925.

[113] Polymer collapse in miscible good solvents is a generic phenomenon driven by preferential adsorptionMukherji, D. ; Marques, C. M. ; Kremer, K. Nature Communications, 2014, 5, 4882.

[114] Adhesion of giant unilamellar vesicles on double-end grafted DNA carpets Sun, Y. ; Marques, C. M. ;Schroder, A. P. E.P.J.S.T., 2014, 223, 1755.

[115] Bilayer Properties of 1,3-Diamidophospholipids Weinberger,A. ; Tanasescu, R. ; Stefaniu, C. ; Fedo-tenko, I. ; Favarger, F. ; Ishikawa,T. ; Brezesinski, G. ; Marques, C. M. ; Zumbuehl, A. Langmuir, 2015,31, 1879.

[116] Co-non-solvency : Mean-field polymer theory does not describe polymer collapse transition in amixture of two competing good solvents Mukherji, D. ; Marques, C. M. ; Stuehn, T. ; Kremer, K. J.Chem. Phys., 2015, 142, 114903.

[117] Bioadhesive giant vesicles for monitoring hydroperoxidation in lipid membranes Aoki, P.H.B. ; Schro-der, A.P. ; Constantino, C. J. L. ; Marques, C. M. Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 5995.

[118] Dielectric discontinuity in equilibrium block copolymer micelles Korobko, A.V. ; Marques, C.M. ;Schops, M ; Schadler, V. ; Wiesner, U. and Mendes, E. Soft Matter, 2015, 11, 7081.

[119] Sliding tethered ligands add topological interactions to the toolbox of ligand–receptor design Bauer,M. ; Kekicheff, P. ; Iss, J. ; Fajolles, C. ; Charitat, T. ; Daillant, J. ; Marques, C.M. Nature Communi-cations, 2015, 6, 8117.

[120] Interaction of jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis) urease and a derived peptide with lipid vesicles.Micheletto, Y.M. ; Moro, C.F. ; Lopes, F.C. ; Ligabue-Braun, R. ; Martinelli, A.H. ; Marques, C.M. ;Schroder, A.P. ; Carlini, C.R. ; da Silveira, N.P. Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, 2016, 145,576.

Publications (121-123)

[121] Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles : Investigating Vesicle Fusion versus Bulge Merging.Micheletto, Y.M.S. ; Marques, C.M. ; Silveira, N.P.D. ; Schroder, A.P. Langmuir, 2016, 32, 8123.

[122] Relating side chain organization of PNIPAm with its conformation in aqueous methanol. Mukherji,D. ; Wagner, M. ; Watson, M.D. ; Winzen, S. ; de Oliveira, T.E. ; Marques, C.M. ; Kremer, K. SoftMatter, 2016, 12, 7995.

[122.5] Chemically synthesized and cross-linked PDMS as versatile alignment medium for organic compounds.Moskalenko, Y.E. ; Bagutski, V. ; Thiele, C.M. Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 95. A theoreticalcontribution to the prediction of quadrupolar splitting in gel networks.

[123] Cargo self-assembly rescues affinity of cell-penetrating peptides to lipid membranes Weinberger, A. ;Walter, V. ; MacEwan, S.R. ; Schmatko, T. ; Muller, P. ; Schroder, A.P. ; Chilkoti, A. ; Marques, C.M.Science Reports, 2017, ?, ? ? ? ?.

Lectures and Conferences

IL–Invited Lecture ; IC–Invited Conference ; L–Lecture ; O–Co-Organizer ; P–Poster

August 2016 JMC-SFP-2016, Symposium Soft Matter, Bordeaux, France. [176] OMay 2016 SOMATAI Conference 2016, Crete, Greece. [175] IC

October 2015 IVth Sino-French Symposium on Polymers and Soft Matter, Strasbourg, France. [174] OOctober 2015 Annual Workshop of BiOx, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. [173] ICAugust 2015 The future of Multiscale Soft Matter Modelling, Lorentz Center, Leiden, the Ne-

therlands.[172] IC

August 2015 250th ACS Fall Conference, Boston, USA. [171] ICAugust 2015 SFP XXIIIrd General Congress, Symposium Membranes and Soft Matter, Stras-

bourg, France.[170] O

July 2015 ITN SNAL Summer School on biomaterials, cell membranes and lipid bilayers,Roccalumera, Italy.

[169] IC

May 2015 University of Sao Paulo, Department of Biochemistry, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [168] ILMarch 2015 Berlin Technical University, Berlin, Germany. [167] IL

November 2014 GdR CellTiss Annual Meeting, Mont Saint-Odile, France. [166] OOctober 2014 Soft Smart Particles, DECHEMA, Frankfurt, Switzerland. [165] POctober 2014 AK Butt Annual Meeting, Kleinewasertal, Switzerland. [164] ILOctober 2014 Proteins & Nanoparticles @ Membranes, Juelich, Germany [163] IC

September 2014 Gulliver Laboratory, ESPCI, Paris, France [162] ILAugust 2014 33rd Meeting of the European Peptide Society, Sofia, Bulgaria [161] P

July 2014 Highlights Lecture at the MPIP, Mainz, Germany [160] ILJune 2014 3rd Workshop on Biomaterials and their Interactions with Biological and Model

Membranes 2011, Salou, Spain[159] IC

June 2014 CINaM, University of Marseille, France. [158] ILMay 2014 AK Butt Monthly Seminar, MPIP, Mainz, Germany. [157] ILMay 2014 A random walk through lipid land, USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [156] ILMay 2014 43rd Annual Meeting of SBBq, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. [155] IC

March 2014 MPIP, Mainz, Germany. [154] ILNovember 2013 University of Lisbon, IST, Lisbon, Portugal. [153] IL

October 2013 PepMat, Sorrento, Italy. [152] CSeptember 2013 From Soft Matter to Protocell, Sendai, Japan. [151] IC

May 2013 Soft Matter Symposium, Wageningen, Germany. [150] ICMarch 2013 University of Sao Paulo, Department of Biochemistry, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [149] ILMarch 2013 The Geilo School 2013 : Soft Matter Confinement, Geilo, Norway [148] IC

February 2013 Weitzmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel [147] ILFebruary 2013 Batsheva de Rothschild Seminar on Soft Matter and Biophysics, Israel [146] IC

September 2012 Korea University, Seoul, South - Korea [145] ILSeptember 2012 Seoul National University, Seoul, South - Korea [144] ILSeptember 2012 3rd Sino-French Symposium, Hefei, China [143] IC

July 2012 Soft Matter Science, Short Course, Mittelwihr, France [142] ILJuly 2012 Association in Solution III, Self-Assembly : From Bio-Colloids to Nano-

Engineering, Bifrost, Iceland[141] IC

June 2012 GRK-532, Petange, Luxembourg. [140] ICJune 2012 Swiss Soft Matter Days, Geneva, Switzerland. [139] ICMay 2012 Strasbourg Workshop on Membrane Biophysics, Strasbourg, France. [138] OMay 2012 University of Sao Paulo, Department of Biochemistry, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [137] ILMay 2012 ISAMN - 2012, Sorocaba, Brazil. [136] IC

February 2012 Juelich - ICS, Juelich, Germany. [135] ILFebruary 2012 Max Planck Institute, Golm, Germany. [134] IL

Lectures and Conferences

IL–Invited Lecture ; IC–Invited Conference ; L–Lecture ; O–Co- Organizer ; P–Poster

October 2011 Meeting UGR, Liege, Belgium [133] ICSeptember 2011 1st Workshop on Biomaterials and their Interactions with Biological and Model

Membranes 2011, Salou, Spain[132] IC

August 2011 Physical-Chemistry 1, Lund, Sweden [131] ILJuly 2011 Soft Matter Science, Mittelwihr, France [130] IC

May-June 2011 Biological Frontiers of Polymers and Soft Matter, KITP- Santa Barbara, USA [129] ICApril 2011 Molecular Mobility and Order, Saint-Petersburg, Russia [128] ICApril 2011 nBioNet2, Atibainha, Brazil. [127] ICApril 2011 FBPOL 2011, Florianopolis, Brazil. [126] IC

February 2011 Non-Linear Response of Soft Matter, Konstanz, Germany. [125] ICFebruary 2011 Makromolecular Symposium, Freiburg, Germany. [124] IC

December 2010 Strasbourg JSPS, Strasbourg, France. [123] ILOctober 2010 Membrane Transformations, Bad-Honnef, Germany. [122] O

July 2010 Max Planck Institute, Golm, Germany. [121] ILJune 2010 Biophysics and Soft Matter, Fez, Morocco. [120] ICMay 2010 ISIS, Strasbourg, France. [119] IL

March 2010 ACS Spring Meeting 2010, San Francisco, USA. [118] ICJanuary 2010 Polymers under Confinement, Titisee, Germany. [117] IC

December 2009 Physics Department, University of Metz, France. [116] ILJune 2009 Physics Department, Saarbruecken, Germany. [115] ILJune 2009 IRTG, Wallerfangen, Germany. [114] IC

November 2008 Nano SMS, Strasbourg, France. [113] ICMay 2008 XIII GEIMM, Mittelwihr, France. [112] ICMay 2008 Biochemistry Department, Sao Paulo University, Brazil. [111] ILMay 2008 XXXVII SBBQ, Aguas de Lindoia, Brazil. [110] ICApril 2008 FBPOL 2008, Florianopolis, Brazil. [109] ICJuly 2007 ICAM07, Zurich, Switzerland. [108] ICJuly 2007 ESU, Strasbourg, France. [107] ILMay 2007 Physics Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil. [106] ICMay 2007 SBFXXX, Sao Lourenco, Brazil. [105] ICMay 2007 ISAMN, Sao Carlos, Brazil. [104] IC

March 2007 EGK, Strasbourg, France. [103] ILFebruary 2007 LIPHT, Strasbourg, France. [102] IL

November 2006 Soft Matter, Marrakech, Marrocco. [101] ICNovember 2006 Federation Physique, Strasbourg, France. [100] IL

October 2006 CIMAT 2006, Vina del Mar, Chile. [99] ICOctober 2006 SPrAM, Grenoble, France. [98] ILOctober 2006 Journees Cyclodextrines, Paris, France. [97] L

September 2006 Ch@ins2006, Compiegne, France. [96] OSeptember 2006 Club Emulsions, Strasbourg, France. [95] O

June 2006 LIONS, Saclay, France. [94] ILApril 2006 Virgili i Rovira, Tarragona, Spain. [93] IL

January 2006 B.U., Boston, U.S.A. [92] ILJanuary 2006 U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, U.S.A. [91] IL

Lectures and Conferences

IL–Invited Lecture ; IC–Invited Conference ; L–Lecture ; O–Co-Organizer ; P–Poster

July 2005 MPIP, Mainz, Germany. [90] ILJune 2005 LPMDI, Marne-la-Vallee University, France. [89] ILApril 2005 FBPOL 2005, Florianopolis, Brazil. [88] IC

December 2004 Federation de Physique, ULP, Strasbourg, France. [87] ILNovember 2004 Materials Department, UNAM, Mexico, Mexique. [86] ILNovember 2004 Physics Department, UNAM, Mexico, Mexique. [85] IL

March 2004 APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada. [84] ICMarch 2004 I.S.T., Lisbon, Portugal. [83] IL

January 2004 C.P.M.O.H, Bordeaux, France. [82] ILDecember 2003 Max Plank Institute, Golm, Germany. [81] ILDecember 2003 Department of Polymers, B.A.S.F., Ludwigshaffen, Germany. [80] IL

October 2003 Department of Physics, University of Konstanz, Germany. [79] ILSeptember 2003 Department of Physics, U.F.F., Iteroi, Brazil. [78] ILSeptember 2003 Department of Physics, U.F.R.J., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [77] ILSeptember 2003 Institute of Physics, Sao Paulo University, Brazil. [76] ILSeptember 2003 11th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Iguassu, Brazil. [75] IC

June 2003 Laboratoire Colloıdes et Materiaux Divises, E.S.P.C.I, Paris, France. [74] ILMay 2003 Department of Chemical Engineering, U.C. Davis, U.S.A. [73] ILMay 2003 Department of Chemical Engineering, U.C. Berkeley, U.S.A. [72] IL

March 2003 Max Planck Institute, Golm, Germany. [71] ILFebruary 2003 Munich Technical University, Munich, Germany. [70] ILJanuary 2003 Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands. [69] ILOctober 2002 Polyfunction Meeting, Crete, Greece. [68] IC

September 2002 Yangtze International Conference on Fluids and Interfaces, Yangtze, China. [67] ICJune 2002 University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. [66] ILJune 2002 Molecular Order and Mobility in Polymer Systems, St. Petersburg, Russia. [65] ICApril 2002 Materials Research Laboratory, U.C. Santa Barbara, U.S.A. [64] IL

March 2002 Dynamics of Complex and Macromolecular Fluids, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. [63] ICMarch 2002 Physics Department, U.C. Los Angeles, U.S.A. [62] IL

January 2002 Physics Department, Leeds University, U.K. [61] ILJanuary 2002 Physics Department, Warwick University, U.K. [60] IL

December 2001 Physics Department, Fulminense University, Brazil. [59] ILNovember 2001 SAFIN. Autrans, France. [58] LNovember 2001 Colorado University. Boulder, U.S.A. [57] IL

June 2001 Workshop in Sedimentary Geology. Roscoff, France. [56] LMarch 2001 ACS Meeting, 2001. San Diego, U.S.A. [55] IC

January 2001 Chains@Interfaces. Evora, Portugal. [54] OPDecember 2000 Physics Department, U.F.R.J. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [53] IL

August 2000 Gordon Conference on Complex Fluids. Newport, U.S.A. [52] PJuly 2000 Colloid 2000. Lehigh University, U.S.A. [51] L

June 2000 GDR Monocouches. Obernai, France [50] LFebruary 2000 Journees de Physique Statistique. Paris, France [49] L

Septembre 1999 Colloid&Polymer OTAN-ASI. Les Houches, France [48] ICJuly 1999 Gordon Conference. Newport, U.S.A [47] IC

June 1999 University of Massachusetts. Amherst, U.S.A [46] ILFebruary 1999 Journees de Physique Statistique. Paris, France [45] L

Lectures and Conferences

IL–Invited Lecture ; IC–Invited Conference ; L–Lecture ; O–Conference Organizer ; P–Poster

Septembre 1998 Soft Condensed Matter : what’s new after 20 yeras ?. Les Houches, France [44] PMarch 1998 A.P.S. March Meeting. Los Angeles, U.S.A. [43] L

February 1998 Gordon Conference. Ventura, U.S.A. [42] LDecembre 1997 McGill University. Montreal, Canada. [41] ILDecembre 1997 Materials Research Society. Boston, U.S.A. [40] L

July 1997 Biomolecular Science Summer School. Santa Barbara, U.S.A. [39] LJuly 1997 Relaxation in Complex Systems, 3rd Meeting. Vigo, Spain [38]May 1997 Physics of Soft Materials, 3rd Meeting. Philadelphia, U.S.A. [37] IC

March 1997 A.P.S. March Meeting. Kansas City, U.S.A. [36] LJanuary 1997 Gonflement des Gels, en honneur de J. Bastide. Strasbourg, U.S.A. [35] L

December 1996 Department of Chemical Engineering. University of Delaware. U.S.A. [34] ILOctobre 1996 Fluctuation Mediated Interactions in Soft Matter. Les Houches, France [33] LOctobre 1996 UCLA–UCSB Workshop. Los Angeles, U.S.A. [32] IL

April 1996 French–Greek Polymer Workshop. Heraklion, Greece [31] ILJune 1995 Polymers at Interfaces, Structure and Dynamics. Giens, France [30] ICJune 1995 European Macromolecular Club, 7th Meeting. Strasbourg, France [29] L

March 1995 APS March Meeting. San Jose, U.S.A. [28] ICJanuary 1995 Short and Long Chains at Interfaces. Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland [27] O

December 1994 GDR Rheophysique. Aussois, France [26] ICJuly 1994 Gordon Conference on Polymer Physics. Newport, U.S.A. [25] IC

January 1994 Workshop on Polymers. Brasilia, Brasil. [24] ICSeptembre 1993 Theory and Simulation on Condensed Polymer Systems. Mainz, Germany. [23] ICSeptembre 1993 European Gordon Conference on Complex Fluids. Irsee, Germany. [22] PSeptembre 1993 EPS 2nd Liquid Matter Conference. Florence, Italy. [21] P

May 1993 Organisation et Processus dans les Systemes Biologiques. Paris, France. [20]January 1993 Journees de Physique Statistique. Paris, France. [19] L

Septembre 1992 Capillarity and Wetting. Arnhem, Netherlands. [18] PJune 1992 XII Rencontres de Sitges. Sitges, Spain. [17] L

January 1992 Journees de Physique Statistique. Paris, France. [16] LJuly 1991 7th ICSCS. Compiegne, France. [15] PMay 1991 Tethered Chains. Minneapolis, U.S.A. [14] P

January 1991 Journees de Physique Statistique. Paris, France. [13] LJanuary 1991 ESF Conference on Colloids and Interfaces. Kligenthal, France. [12] P

November 1990 Macromolecular Dynamics at Interfaces. Wageningen, Netherlands. [11] POctober 1990 Ordering in Supramolecular Fluids. Amsterdam, Netherlands. [10] P

September 1990 EPS 1th Liquid Matter Conference. Lyon, France. [9] PApril 1990 10th Conference of the EPS Condensed Matter Division. Lisbon, Portugal. [8] P

December 1989 IP Solid State Physics Conference. Warwick, UK. [7] PApril 1989 Nato A.S.I. on Phase Transitions in Soft Condensed Matter. Geilo, Norway. [6] L

January 1989 Journees de Physique Statistique. Paris, France. [5] LDecembre 1988 Journee des Polymeres. Grenoble, France. [4] IC

April 1988 Spring School on Polymers Blends. Lisbon, Portugal. [3] IC1987-88 Workshops on “Gels Physiques”. Paris, France. [2]

Septembre 1986 Summer School “Du Crystal a l’Amorphe”. Quiberon, (France). [1]

PhD Students, Post-Docs, Visitors and Funded Projects.

PhD and Post-Doctoral research projects presented here were defended or performed under myfull or partial supervision. In many cases a non official but nevertheless essential supervision wasprovided by my colleague and long time collaborator Andre Schroder. Tatiana Schmatko unofficiallyco-supervised Andreas Weinberger. Several colleagues from abroad visited my group, spending fromweeks to months, working on collaborative projects.

PhD Students

Mattia Morandi, 2015-2017. Supervisor : C.M. Marques. Support from the ITN network SNAL.Investigates the effect of Polystyrene insertion in lipid membranes.

Vivian Walter, 2014-2017. Supervisor : C.M. Marques. A PhD grant from the French Ministry forHigh Education. Works on the interactions between polypeptides and Giant Unilamellar Vesicles.Developed new quantitative methods for GUV formation and characterization.

Pedro Aoki, 2012-2013. Supervisor : Carlos Constantino. Support from the Brazilian Research AgencyFAPESP. Worked on the oxidation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles. Discovered a new method basedon bio-adhesion to measure the membrane area increase following hydroperoxidation. Now at theDepartment of Biotechnology of the Unesp at Assis, Brazil.

Andreas Weinberger, 2010-2013. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Grant from Alsace Region and IRTGSoft Matter Science. Worked on the development of new methods for Giant Unilamellar Vesicleformation and on the interactions between lipid bilayers and peptides and proteins. Now a ResearchScientist at ADLER-Werk Lackfabrik Johann Berghofer GmbH & Co KG, Schwaz, Tirol, Austria.

Lauriane Lagarde, 2009-2012. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Employee of Procter and Gamble. Wor-ked on the characterization of structure and phase behavior of surfactant gel-networks for hair-colorapplications. Developed new methods based on fluorescence microscopy for lamellar phase characte-risation. Now at Bosch, Stuttgart.

Patricia Santos, 2009-2010. Supervisor : Maurıcio Baptista and Carlos Marques. One year grant fromthe Brazilian agency CAPES. Discovered time behavior of HELA cell spreading by RICM analysis.Defended in 2013. Now an editor at Editora Moderna, Sao Paulo.

Jean Wolff, 2008-2012. Supervisor : Carlos Marques and Fabrice Thalmann. PhD student is a high-school teacher enrolled in the PhD program. Worked on the theory of phase separation in lipidternary mixtures. Jean discovered a new method to compute ternary phase diagrams from a convex-hull numeric code. Now an associated scientist at Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg.

Martin Bauer, 2008-2011. Supervisors : Carlos Marques and Jean-Daillant. Grant from the CEA-Alsace Region. Student of the consortium ANR SlidTetherLig. Worked on the synthesis of cholesterolmodified cyclodextrins and their complexation with polymers. Synthesized under the effective co-supervision of Christophe Fajolles new nano-objects for sliding polymer grafting to self-assembledsubstrates. Now at Clariant, Frankfurt.

Constantin Marcopoulos, 2008-2011. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Grant from the French Ministry forHigh Education. Student of the consortium ANR SlidTetherLig. Worked on the interactions betweenmodified cyclodextrins and Giant Vesicles. Developed RICM on mica substrates for monitoring ofvesicle adhesion. Now at the University of Shangai.

Yuting Sun, 2008-2010. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Grant from the French Ministry for HighEducation. A PhD student supported by the International Research Training Network Soft MatterStrasbourg-Grenoble-Constance. Worked on the interactions between phospholipid membranes anddouble end-grafted DNA molecules. Discovered calibration of forces exerted on DNAs during vesiclespreading by image analysis of DNA loop shapes. Now a teacher in Beijing.

Omar Mertins, 2007-2008. Supervisor : Nadya da Silveira. One year grant from the Brazilian agencyCAPES. Discovered GUV electroformation from an inverse phase precursor. Now a professor atUNIFESP, Sao Paulo.

Clement Campillo, 2007-2008. Supervisor : Brigitte Pepin-Donat. A PhD student supported by theInternational Research Training Network Soft Matter Strasbourg-Grenoble-Constance. Worked ongel vesicles. Discovered elastic PNIPAM-GUV collapse under temperature change. Now an AssistantProfessor at the University of Evry.

Marie-Laure Hisette, 2004-2007. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Grant from the French Ministry forHigh Education. A PhD student supported by the International Research Training Network Soft Mat-ter Strasbourg-Grenoble-Constance. Worked on the interactions between phospholipid membranesand end-grafted DNA molecules. Discovered DNA stretching by vesicle adhesion. Hired at Acrylianafter her PhD, now at group 361◦.

Nathalie Fa, 2000-2003. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Grant from the French Ministry for HighEducation. Worked on the effects of shear on Giant Unilamellar Vesicles and on membrane proteininteractions. Discovered membrane fluctuation relaxation under shear. Works at GlaxoSmithKlineR&D in the UK.

Thomas Bickel, 1998-2001. Supervisor : Carlos Marques. Grant from the French Ministry for HighEducation. Worked on the interactions between end-grafted polymers and membranes. Discoveredthe localised pressure effects from end-grafted polymers. Now an assistant professor at the Universityof Bordeaux.

Kerem Yaman, 1995-1998. Supervisor : Phil Pincus. UCSB. Worked on the depletion effects ofrod-like colloids at curved interfaces. Discovered spontaneous symmetry breaking of membranes incolloidal solutions of rods. Hired at financial R&D of Chemical Bank in New York .

Pierre Sens 1994-1998. Supervisor : Jean Francois Joanny. Grant from the French Ministry for HighEducation. Worked on copolymer micellization and adsorbed polymers under flow. Now a SeniorScientist at the CNRS, ESPCI, Paris.

Veronique Schmitt 1993-1996. Supervisor : Francois Lequeux. Grant from the French Ministry forHigh Education. Worked on confined wormlike micelles and on flow instabilities. Now a Junior Scien-tist at the CNRS, CRPP, Bordeaux.

Jason Brooks 1989-1992. Supervisor : Michael Cates. University of Cambridge. Worked on polymer-membrane interactions.

Douglas Shim 1989-1993. Supervisor : Michael Cates. University of Cambridge. Worked on co-micellization of diblock copolymers.

Matthew Turner 1988-1991. Supervisor : Michael Cates. University of Cambridge. Worked on self-assembling and flow effects of wormlike micelles. Now a professor at the University of Warwick

Post Docs

Meriem Er-Refik, 2013-. Grant from ANR program KBT. Cryo-electro microscopy in collaborationwith Marc Schmutz on the translocation of gold nano particles across lipid bilayers.

Martin Greenall, 2011-2013. Marie Curie grant. Numerical work on Self-Consistent Mean-Field theoryof self-assembly. Worked on the consequences of oil insertion in lipid bilayers and on the self-assemblyof tetra-block copolymers. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Aberystwyth.

Wellington Dantas, 2008-2010. Grant from the Brazilian agency CNPQ. Theoretical work on thenucleation and propagation of lipid adhesive patches. Now a professor at the Fluminense Universityin Volta Redonda.

Suzanne Barber, 2008-2010. Grants from Chateaubriand, CNRS, ANR-SlidTetherLig, Fullbright.Work on SFA measurements of end-functionalized brushes, sliding tethered ligands and HEME sca-vengers (collaboration with Louis Pasteur Institute). Now at the Leipzig Institute in Dresden.

Evandro Duarte, 2008-2009. Grant from Brazilian agency FAPESP. Work on the effects of lipidhydro-peroxidation by weak doses of single-oxygen. Now at University of Sao Paulo.

Wilker Caetano, 2007-2008. Grant from Brazilian agency FAPESP. Worked on photo-destruction ofGiant Vesicles in Methylene Blue Solutions. Discovered mechanisms of lipid membrane transforma-tions under oxygen-singlet induced peroxidation. Now a professor at the State University of Maringa.

Cristopher Haluska, 2006-2007. Grant from the CNRS. Work on the phase separation of ternarymixtures in Giant Vesicles by FLIM. Discovered photo-induced phase separation in Giant Vesicles.Now a teacher in Huston.

Vladimir Baulin, 2003-2005. Grant from the CNES. Worked on the reaction-induced formation ofnematics in microtubule solution and on the surface and self-assembly properties of sliding polymers.Now at the University of Tarragona, director of ITN-SNAL.

Shridar Hedarimanne, 2002-2004. Grant from French Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Worked on thesynthesis of sliding gels. Now at General Motors R&D in India.

Carlos Mendoza, 2000-2002. Grant from French Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Worked on the structureand scattering of supra-macromolecular structures. Now a professor at the UNAM.

Visitors

Tonya Kuhl, Professor, UCDavis Fall-Winter 2009/2010. Sabbatical support from the CNRS. Acollaboration project on polymer decorated supported membranes. Interpretation of new experimentaldata on polymer brushes interaction. Also supported by the France-Berkeley Fund.

Carlos Mendoza, Professor, UNAM, Mexico Winter 2008. Sabbatical support from the CNRS.Hydrodynamic interactions and the discovery of the simplest colloidal propeller.

Maria Kilfoil, Professor MacGill, Montreal Summer 2007. Sabbatical support from the Universityof Strasbourg. Started a collaboration on mechano-sensitive transmembrane proteins.

Rosangela Itri, Professor, University of Sao Paulo Fall-Winter 2005. Sabbatical support from theUniversity of Strasbourg. Collaborative project on the photo-induced oxidation of lipid membranes.

Nitash Balsara, Professor U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley Spring 2002. Sabbatical support from the Uni-versity of Strasbourg. A collaboration on the self-assembly properties of tetra block copolymers.Also supported by the France-Berkeley Fund.

Douglas Durian, Professor, U-Penn Fall-Winter-Spring 2000/2001. Sabbatical support from theCNRS. A collaboration project on the erosion of pebbles.

Andrea Liu, Professor, U-Penn Fall-Winter-Spring 2000/2001. Sabbatical support from the CNRS.A collaboration project on the depletion of rods close to interfaces.

Funded International Collaborations

Albrecht Ott, University of Sarrebrucken, 2012-2015. A program of the French-German University onSelf-Assembly.

Maurıcio Baptista and Rosangela Itri, University of Sao Paulo, a continued collaboration since 1999.Funds from COFECUB, CNRS-FAPESP, CNRS-USP, CNRS, PICS-CNRS. On self-assembly andoxidation effects in lipid bilayers.

Stefan Schiller and Wolfgang Meier, University of Freiburg, Friburg in Brisgau and University of Basel,Basel. International Research Training Group on Soft Matter, from 2010 to 2014. Collaborative workon the formation of new biomimetic membrane systems.

Nam Lee, Sejong University, Seoul. Grant from the KOSEF and French Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and CNRS. Since 2008. Work on the interactions between lipid membranes and end-grafted DNAs.

Nitash Balsara,, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley. 2000-2004. Funded from the FranceBerkeley Fund. Collaborative work on the self-assembly of diblock and tetra block copolymers.

Tonya Kuhl, University of California at Davis, Davis. 2004-2008. Funded from the France BerkeleyFund. Interpretation of SFA experiments on lipids and end-grafted polymer layers

Georg Maret, University of Konstanz, Konstanz. International Research Training Group on SoftMatter, from 2001 to 2010. Collaboration on the effect of membrane bio-adhesion on DNA carpets.

Dora Izzo, University of Sao Paulo and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, a eight years collaboration(1992-200) with funds from COFECUB, USP and CNRS. On the self-assembly of diblock copolymers.

Large Projects (support over 50 Keuros)

l’Oreal, 2016-2018. Fatty Alcohols. A project investigating numerically the structure and dynamicsof fatty-alcohol based membranes.

CNPq & FAPESP, 2015-2017. OxiLip. A project supported by the two major Brazilian Researchagencies to study lipid oxidation.

MarieCurie-ITN, 2014 -2018. SNAL. A project to elucidate the fundamental aspects of interactionsbetween nano particles and lipid membranes (500 Keuros from a total of 2.5 Meuros)

Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, 2013 -2017. KBT. A project to elucidate the fundamentalaspects of particle translocation across lipid membranes (250 Keuros from a total of 5000Keuros).

Procter and Gamble 2010 -2012. Lipid Gel-Networks for Hair - Color ”chassis”. A project tocontrol the structure and the properties of lamellar phase solutions (150 Keuros).

Marie Curie, 2008-2010. MSAPS. Modelling the Self-Assembly of Polymers in Solution.

Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, 2008 -2010. SlidTetherLig. A project at the frontier of Physics,Chemistry and Biology to design, to build and to characterise a new family of molecular scale units forthe biorecognition assembly of nano- technological devices (250 Keuros from a total of 500 Keuros).

BASF, 2005-2009. Superabsorbers. A project to control the micro-elastic properties of superabsorberpowders by micropipet rheology. Discovered correlation between shell crosslinking rate and resistanceto de swelling (80 Keuros).

CNRS, 2000-2003. Equipes jeunes. A project to develop the different aspects of my theoreticalactivity and start an experimental group on lipid membranes (130 Keuros).

Duties

2006- Founded and developed the ICS team M3 Membranes and Microforces. Roughly 20 members,with 8 scientists and professors, 2 technicians and several PhD students, post-docs and visitors. Inhouse techniques : Optical microscopy (confocal, epifluorescence, RICM . . . Andre Schroder, MarcBasler). FRAPP (Thierry Charitat). SFA (Patrick Kekicheff, Jean Iss), AFM (Tatiana Schmatko),Langmuir balance (Pierre Muller) ITC, micropipette manipulation. Numerical simulations and analy-tical theory with Fabrice Thalmann and Jean Wolff. The team launched also in 2010 the Cell CultureRoom at the ICS.

2005-2008 Member of the Permanent Commission of the ULP Scientific Council.

2009-2011 ICS Deputy Director.

2006-2009 Member of the ICS Laboratory Council.

2009- Created and managed with Professor Jalabert the Consortium of Theoretical Physics of Stras-bourg, supported by the CNRS Physics Institute.

2008-2011 Proposed and managed the ANR project SlidTetherLig, to design, to build and to cha-racterize a new family of molecular scale units for the biorecognition assembly of nano-technologicaldevices.

2005-2009 Proposed and managed the CNRS-BASF project Superabsorbers, to control the micro-elastic properties of superabsorber powders by micropipet rheology.

2010-2012 Proposed and managed the CNRS – P&G project Lipid Gel-Networks for Hair, to studyand control the structure and properties of lamellar phase solutions from fatty alcohols.

2013-2017 Proposed and managed the ANR project KBT, to understand the fundamental aspectsof nanoparticle translocation across lipid bilayers.

2014-2018 Member and management of the ITN - SNAL for the study of the interactions betweennano particles and lipid bilayers.

1987- Referee for a large spectrum of journals : Physical Review Letters and E, Nature, Macromole-cules, Biophysical Journal, Langmuir, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Physica A and others. Refereeand expert for the French ANR, the Swiss NSF and German, Dutch, Polish and Portuguese ScienceFoundations. Expert for the AERES, the French National Evaluation Committee for Research andEducation. Member of several University hiring committees : Luxembourg University, ESPCI, Orsay,Pau.