Vortices and vorticity in geophysical flows

Mathematical developments in geophysical fluid dynamics

Workshop 1: Vortices and vorticity in geophysical flows

April 20 to 24, 2026 - IHP, Paris

The study of vortices is essential for atmospheric dynamics. Tornadoes, hurricanes and oceanic eddies are noticeable examples. Mathematically, the vorticity columns for example raise significant difficulties. 

List of speakers:

• Jason Barckicke (Université Paris Cité)
• Tobias Barker (University of Bath)
• Dongfen Bian (Beijing Institute of Techonology)
• Lyse Brichet (Iprhé)
• Anthony Chen (University of Michigan)
• Bin Cheng (University of Surrey, UK)
• Martin Donati (CNRS, LMA Poitiers)
• Kerry Emanuel (MIT, US)
• Thierry Gallay (Université Grenoble Alpes)
• Andrew Gilbert (University of Exeter)
• Jiao He (LMO)
• Matthias Hieber (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
• Lars Eric Hientzsch (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
• Delia Ionescu-Kruse ("Simion Stoilow" Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy)
• Edward Johnson (University College London)
• Rupert Klein (Universität Berlin)
• Haram Ko (Brown University)
• Henrik Latter (University of Cambridge
• Milton Lopes Filho (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
• Anna Mazzucato (Penn State University)
• Luca Melzi (Imperial College London)
• David Meyer (ICMAT)
• Victor Navarro-Fernandez (Imperial College London)
• Alan Riquier (École Normale Supérieure - PSL)
• Richard Rotunno (National Center for Atmospheric Research, US)
• Emeric Roulley (SISSA, Italy)
• Kasturi Shah (University of Cambridge)
• Geoffrey Vallis (University of Exeter)
• Beth Wingate (University of Exeter)

Organising Committee:

• Emmanuel Dormy
• Christophe Lacave
• Ludivine Oruba
• Alexis Vasseur