Leticia F. Cugliandolo

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Present positions

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• Full Professor (CE2) Sorbonne Université  
• Former Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France  
• Adjunct Faculty the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research India  

Professional memberships


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National Academy of Sciences USA, 2024 -

Education


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Licenciado en Física (Master) - 1988 Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina   Advisers: Fidel A. Schaposnik and Eduardo Fradkin Thesis: Zero modes on the lattice: the vortex-fermion system Doctor en Física (PhD) - 1991 Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina   Adviser: Fidel A. Schaposnik Thesis: The quantization of topological field theories Habilitation à diriger de recherches - 2000 Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI, France

Professional experience


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• Adjunct Faculty the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 2024 - India  
• Directeur de l'Ecole de Physique des Houches 2007 - 2017  
• Demi délégation CNRS 2009 - 2014, 2024 - 2025  
  
• Full professor 2003 - present  
  Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI / Sorbonne Université, France
  
• Maitre de conférences (associate professor) 1997 - 2002  
  Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France
  
• Research associate 2001 - 2004  
  ICTP Trieste, Italia
  
• Guggenheim Fellow 2002 - 2003  
  Harvard University, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies de Jussieu, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and KITP University of California at Santa Barbara
  
• Délégation CNRS Sept. 2002 - Déc. 2002  
  Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (LPT) de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Paris, France
• Chercheur associé au CNRS 1996 - 1997  
  Laboratoire de Physique Théorique des Liquides de Jussieu and
  Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (LPT) de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) de Paris, France
  
• Post-doc Pierre et Marie Curie 1994 - 1996  
  Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensee (SPEC) Saclay CEA, France
  
• Post-doc INFN Italia 1992 - 1994  
  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma I, Italia
  
• European Community research contract Italia 1991 - 1992  
  Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma I, Italia
  
• Post-doctoral fellowship CONICET Argentina 1991  
  Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  

Scholarships


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• PhD scholarship CONICET Argentina 1988 - 1991
  Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  
• Master scholarship Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Argentina 1986 - 1988
  Departamento de Física, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
  

Prizes and distinctions


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• Onsager Prize American Physical Society USA 2025  
  
• International member of the National Academy of Sciences USA 2024 - present  
  
• Premio Raíces Ceremony Argentina 2023  
  
• Diploma mérito académico Ciudad de Mar del Plata Argentina 2023  
  
• Prix Irène Joliot-Curie, Femme scientifique de l'année
  Grand prix de l'Académie de Sciences et le Ministère de l'Education Nationale France 2015  
  
• Simons Distinguished Visiting Scientist KITP UCSB USA 2015  
  
• Membre senior de l'Institut Universitaire de France 2014 - 2024  
  
• Membre junior de l'Institut Universitaire de France 2004 - 2009  
  
• Marie Curie Excellence Award 2003 European Commission, 6th Framework Programme  
  
• Prix Langevin 2002 & 2003, with J. Kurchan Societé Française de Physique  
• Guggenheim Fellow 2002 - 2003 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation USA  
  

Editorial work


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• Journal of Statistical Mechanics: theory and experiment Associate editor 2004 - 2021
  Editor-in-chief 2024 - present
  
• Advances in Physics Associate editor 2017 - 2023
  Deputy Editor-in-chief 2024 - present
• SciPost Member of the editorial college 2019 - 2024
• J. Phys. A: Fast Track Associate editor 2014 - 2019
• EPL Associate editor 2007 - 2010
  Advisory board 2010 - 2012
• Physica A Associate editor 2002 - 2007
  
• European Physical Journal B Associate editor 2004 - 2010
  

International scientific advisory boards


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• International Solvay Institutes Bruxelles Belgique 2009 - present
  
• Dutch Research School for Theoretical Physics (DRSTP) Pays Bas, 2009
  
• Max Plack Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems Dresden Allemagne 2010 - 2019
  
• Centre for Doctoral Training in Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Non-Equilibrium Systems King's College, London, UK 2014 - 2019
• LabEx PALM, Paris-Sud, France 2014 - 2022
• Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS) University of Barcelona España 2015 - present
• Nordita Programs 2016 - 2018
• Institute of Physics the University of Amsterdam Netherlands 2016 - present
• European Physical Society - Statistical and Non-linear Physics 2016 - 2022
• ICAS Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina 2017 - 2020
• Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen 2021 - present
• KITP, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA 2021 - 2024
• Erasmus+ CBHE LA-CoNGA physics 2021 - 2024
• Higgs Center for Theoretical Physics, the University of Edinburgh UK 2022 - present
• Fundamental Problems in Statistical Physics Series of Summer Schools 2024 - present
• Fondation Capital Fund Management pour la recherche Conseil Administration 2024 - present
• Institut Math-Physique-Informatique Université de Genève 2024 - present
• Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics Kyoto University Japan 2024 - present

Lectures in International Schools


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• Statistical physics of frustrated systems ICTP Trieste (1997)
  
• LAWNP Cordoba Argentina (1999)
  
• Nonequil. Stat. Phys.: Glasses, transport & friction, biological systems, and turbulence Boulder (2001)
  
• Slow Relaxations and Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Condensed Matter - Les Houches (2002)
  
• ICTP 1st Latin American Statistical Physics School - La Havana Cuba (2005)
  
• Pan American Scientific Institute Disorder & complexity - Mar del Plata Argentina (2006)
  
• ICTP 2nd Latin American Statistical Physics School - Bento Goncalves Brasil (2007)
  
• Quantum physics out of equilibrium Beg Rohu School of Physics France (2009)
  
• Fundamental Problems in Statistical Physics XII, Leuven Belgique (2009)
  
• Disordered systems from condensed matter to cold atoms, Cargèse, France (2011)
  
• Internat. Non-equilibrium school, International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Kolkata, India (2012)
  
• Advanced Studies Institute on Thermalization ICTS, Bangalore, India (2013)
  
• Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems ICTP, Trieste, Italia (2014)
  
• Spin Glass and Beyond: An old tool for new problems Cargèse, France (2014)
  
• VII GEFENOL School on Statistical Physics of Complex Systems Palma de Mallorca, Espana (2017)
  
• Frustrated and Disordered Systems Boulder Colorado USA (2017)
  
• Out of Equilibrium Dynamics, Evolution and Genetics Beg Rohu France (2017)
  
• Campos cuánticos, materia condensada y teoría de la información Bariloche Argentina (2017)
  
• Active matter and non-equilibrium statistical physics Ecole de Physique des Houches (2018)
  
• Dynamics and disorder in quantum many body systems far from equilibrium Les Houches (2019)
  
• Clean and disordered systems out of equilibrium Cargèse France (2020)
  
• Glassy Systems and Inter-Disciplinary Applications Cargèse France (2021)
  
• 12th Bangalore School on Statistical Physics, India (2021)
  
• Quantum localization and glassy physics Cargèse, France (2023)
  
• School of Physics and Mathematics Without Frontier, ZigZag School, La Habana, Cuba (2024)
  
• Information, Noise, and Physics of Life, Niš, Serbia (2024)
  
• Westlake University, Hangzhou, China (2024)
  
• Disorder systems, ICTP-SAIFR São Paulo, Brazil (2025)
  

Lectures in "foreign" Institutes


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• Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (1999)
  
• Cours de la Suisse Romande, EPFL Lausanne Suisse (2011)
  
• King's College, London UK (2013)
  

List of publications


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• Chronological order
  
• Subject index