Summary
Maxime Vassaux is a CNRS research scientist with nine years of experience modeling multiscale mechanics from atomistic to continuum scales, focusing on fracture in nanocomposites, biomineralisation, and cell biomechanics. He combines strong mathematical modeling and HPC expertise with practical coding in Python, C++ and Fortran to develop scalable simulation frameworks that run on European supercomputers. His work blends physics-based numerical methods and machine learning—particularly neural networks and clustering—for reduced-order models that accelerate and explain complex material behavior. Trained with a PhD in computational mechanics and postgraduate studies in data-intensive sciences, he is equally comfortable implementing HMM-FEA-MD couplings and probing the self-assembly of collagen in bone. Colleagues value his emphasis on reproducible scientific tooling that serves both explanatory insight and reliable predictive power.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University College London
Master's degree, Civil Engineering, Bien, Master's degree, Civil Engineering, Bien at Pierre and Marie Curie University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering and Computation Mechanics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Civil Engineering and Computation Mechanics at École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
English, French, German, Spanish