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I am professor at University Paris-Sud XI, in Orsay, France. I work at the Laboratoire de physique théorique. In this site you will find some information about my research and publications.

I am editor of the journal Annales Henri Poincaré (AHP) and coorganizer of the Poincaré Seminar. I am also President of the Association pour la Promotion Scientifique de l'Afrique, and of the Foundation Aims-Senegal.

Among my other interests:

ADIF
Association for the defense of International Humanitarian Law

AIMS
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

CICUP
French association to coordinate academic cooperation with Palestinian Universities

Next Einstein Initiative
A bold initiative for the development science in Africa


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