Tom Bienaimé

Research Interests

• Hybrid systems of atoms and light
• Nonlinear optics and quantum fluids of light
• Atomic quantum gases
• Cooperative scattering of light by cold atoms

Short CV

Currently	CNRS Researcher, section 4
2017 — 2021	Lecturer at the Physics Department of École Normale Supérieure Research in the group of A. Bramati, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
2015 — 2017	Postdoc, group of G. Ferrari, INO-BEC center, Trento, Italy
2013 — 2015	Postdoc, group of J. Dalibard, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
2012	Postdoc, group of P. Lodahl, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 — 2011	PhD under the supervision of Robin Kaiser, Institut Non Linéaire de Nice
2007	Agrégation de physique (national teaching examination, rank 2nd)
2004	Student at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Current projects

• ANR JCJC
  Coordinator of the project “Strongly interacting quantum fluids of light in propagating geometries”
• Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire QMat
  Coordinator of the project “Scalable cavity quantum electrodynamics without cavities”
• MSCA Doctoral Networks
  Participant to the project “Quantum and Classical Ultrasoft Matter”

Teaching

• December 2021: Lecture on Quantum Fluids of Light as part of the course “Many-body physics applied to condensed matter” of the University of the Strasbourg University master program “Condensed matter and nanophysics”. 2h
  
• October 2021: Tutor at a science hackathon as part of the EFEQT European Master Certificate in Quantum Science and Technology in Heidelberg, Germany. 3 days

• September 2021: High school professor in physics and chemistry at Cité Scolaire Paul Valéry. 60h
• 2017 — 2021: Lecturer at the Physics Department of ENS. 192h/year (Lectures: quantum mechanics, lasers, fluid mechanics – Tutorials: quantum mechanics – Laboratory classes)
• 2016: Teaching assistant in electronics at the University of Trento. 30h
• 2008 — 2011: Teaching assistant in physics at the University of Nice. 96h/year