An Institute for the Mathematics of Planet Earth has just been launched in France. In this article for ICIAM Dianoia, David Lannes interviews the two directors, Laure St-Raymond and Arnaud Guillin.
David Lannes is a CNRS senior researcher at the University of Bordeaux. His research area is the analysis of nonlinear PDEs and interdisciplinary research: nonlinear optics, modelling of waves in coastal regions and wave-structure interactions.