Mathematical developments in geophysical fluid dynamics
Workshop 2: Instabilities and transitions in geophysical flows
May 18 to 22, 2026 - IHP, Paris
Instabilities and sharp transitions are ubiquitous in geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD). This Workshop will gather experts on instabilities in GFD as well as on abrupt transitions (saddle-node bifurcations).
Partial list of speakers (to be confirmed):
- Keaton Burns (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Colm Caulfield (University of Cambridge)
- Peter Constantin (Princeton University)
- Charlotte Dietze (CNRS, Sorbonne Université)
- Emmanuel Grenier (Beijing Institute of Technology)
- Stephen Griffies (Princeton University)
- Celine Guervilly (Newcastle University)
- Julien Guillod (Sorbonne Université)
- Edgar Knobloch (University of California, Berkeley)
- Peter Korn (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)
- Stefan Llewellyn Smith (University of California, San Diego)
- Nader Masmoudi (New-York University Abu Dhabi)
- Louis-Philippe Nadeau (Université du Québec à Rimouski)
- Charlotte Perrin (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université)
- Catherine Sulem (University of Toronto)
- László Székelyhidi (Max Planck Institute, Leipzig)
- Ian Tice (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Antoine Venaille (CNRS, ENS Lyon)
- Vlad Vicol (New York University)
Organising Committee:
- Emmanuel Dormy
- Christophe Lacave
- Ludivine Oruba
- Alexis Vasseur