Sophie Marbach - Wiggly Lab

CONTACT

Scientist at Mistral
(CNRS Researcher on leave)

sophie.marbach AT cnrs.fr

Note: Since March 2026, I am a Scientist at Mistral, building Mistral's efforts in AI for Science. I am on leave from my CNRS Researcher position.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2026 - NOW -- Scientist at Mistral (AI 4 Science)

2023 - NOW -- CNRS Associate Researcher (Chargée de Recherche) -- on leave since March 2026

2022 - 2023 -- Marie Curie Fellow (Sorbonne University)

2020 - 2022 -- Marie Curie Fellow (New York University)

2019 - 2020 -- Courant Instructor (New York University)

Academic CV

SELECTED AWARDS

2021 -- Outstanding referee APS

2020 -- Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Soft Matter

2017 -- l’Oréal-UNESCO grant for Women in Science

2017 -- 1st national prize at Falling Walls Lab

Science Communication

NANO-CATERPILLARS

Particles with sticky feet (or nano-caterpillars) harness rapid binding and unbinding of feet to a surface to achieve complex motion. Presentation at APS March Meeting 2021. Video

NOISE IN NANOPORES

Fractional noise (a subset of subdiffusive noise) is inherent in nanopores, for example when counting particles crossing the pore. Presentation at FICN 2021. Video

WIGGLY NANOTUBES

Transport in fluctuating or wiggly nanotubes is greatly enhanced compared to static tubes, but it's not always as simple! Presentation at APS March Meeting 2020. Video

Outreach

Science Fares

I regularly enjoy an afternoon at a science fare in company of curious minds. Looking forward to more !

Outreach Talks

I have given numerous outreach talks in French and English. Attached is a 2 min pitch about filtration.

You Tube

Friendly Articles

I am grateful to multiple journalists for helping me disseminate my work, see more there:

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