• Current situation

  2012 –                   Tenured CNRS Researcher

• Previous professional experience

  2011-2012:          Post-doc position at Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Amsterdam

  2010-2011:          Post-doc position at Laboratory of the Future, CNRS-Solvay-University of Bordeaux

  2009-2010:          Post-doc position at Saint-Gobain Research, Paris

  2008-2009:          Post-doc position at Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Amsterdam

• Education

  2005-2008:          PhD thesis in Physics (University Paris 7)

                              “Flows and Jamming in particulate suspensions" Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris. Adviser: Daniel Bonn

  2005:                    Master degree “Physics of complex fluids”, University Paris 7

  2004:                    Master degree “Rheology of complex fluids”, University Paris 7

  2002-2003:           Undergraduate studies in Fundamental Physics, University Lyon 1

My research focus on the flow of complex materials between fluid and solid, such as particulate media (granular materials, yield-stress fluid, dense suspensions).

2024-   : Lecturer " Fluids & Grains: Rheology and Mixing" at Master 2 SMCD ENPC (16h/year)

2016 –   : Lecturer “Rheology of complex fluids” at Ecole des Ponts Paristech (15h/year)

2018-2022 –   : Teaching Assistant “Statistical physics” at Ecole des Ponts Paristech (16h/year)

2015-2021 –   : Lecturer “Fluid Dynamics” at Polytech Sorbonne University (52h/year)

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A. Awdi et al. “Quantitative analysis of sheared unsaturated wet granular materials using x-ray micro-tomography and advanced segmentation techniques", Granular Matter, volume 27, page 52. Springer, 2025.

L. Amarsid, Ahmad Awdi, Fall, Abdoulaye, Jean-Noël Roux, and François Chevoir, “Viscous effects in sheared unsaturated wet granular materials", Journal of Rheology, volume 68, pages 523–537. AIP Publishing, 2024.

M. Mahmoud, Brendan Huitorel, and Fall, Abdoulaye. “Rheology and agglomeration behavior of semi-crystalline polyamide powders for selective laser sintering: A comparative study of pa11 and pa12 formulations". Powder Technology, page 119279. Elsevier, 2023.

S Deboeuf and Fall, A. “Cohesion and aggregates in unsaturated wet granular flows down a rough incline". Journal of Rheology, volume 67, pages 909–909. AIP Publishing, 2023.

Ahmad Awdi, Camille Chateau, Francois Chevoir, Jean-Noël Roux, and Fall, Abdoulaye. “Viscous dissipation in large amplitude oscillatory shear of unsaturated wet granular matter". Journal of Rheology, volume 67, pages 365–372. The Society of Rheology, 2023.

Fall, Abdoulaye, Brian P Tighe, and Daniel Bonn. Tuneable normal stresses in hyperelastic emulsions. Physical Review Research, volume 4, page 013167. APS, 2022.

Clément Robin, Cédric Lorthioir, Fall, Abdoulaye, Guillaume Ovarlez, Catherine Amiel, and Clémence Le Coeur. Unexpected slow kinetics of poly (methacrylic acid) phase separation in the semi-dilute regime. Polymers, volume 14, page 4708. MDPI, 2022.

Clément Robin, Cédric Lorthioir, Azad Erman, Javier Perez, Fall, Abdoulaye, Guillaume Ovarlez, Catherine Amiel, and Clémence Le Coeur. Adsorption of poly (methacrylic acid) onto differently charged silica nanoparticles and its consequences on particles clustering. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, volume 638, page 128287. Elsevier, 2022.

Johan Remmelgas, Fall, Abdoulaye, Srdjan Sasic, Henrik Ström, Pirjo Tajarobi, Håkan Wikström, Mariagrazia Marucci, and Catherine Boissier. Characterization of microcrystalline cellulose spheres and prediction of hopper flow based on a μ (i)-rheology model. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, volume 142, page 105085. Elsevier, 2020.

Guillaume Ovarlez, Anh Vu Nguyen Le, Wilbert J Smit, Fall, Abdoulaye, Romain Mari, Guillaume Chatté, and Annie Colin. Density waves in shear-thickening suspensions. Science advances, volume 6, page eaay5589. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020.

M. Badetti et al. “Rheology and microstructure of unsaturated wet granular materials: Experiments and simulations", Journal of Rheology 62 (5), 1175-1186 (2018)

M. Badetti et al. “Shear strength of wet granular materials: macroscopic cohesion and effective stress", The European Physical Journal E 41 (5), 68 (2018)

F. Gorlier et al. “Optimal strengthening of particle-loaded liquid foams", Physical Review E 95 (4), 042604 (2017)

C Robin et al. “Unexpected rheological behavior of concentrated poly (methacrylic acid) aqueous solutions", Macromolecules 50 (2), 700-710 (2017)

A. Fall et al. “Dry granular flows: rheological measurement of the (I)-rheology", Journal of Rheology, 59, 4, 1065-1080 (2015)

H. de Cagny, A. Fall, M.M. Denn and D. Bonn, “Local rheology of suspensions and dry granular materials" Journal of Rheology 59, 957, (2015)

A. Fall et al. “Macroscopic discontinuous shear thickening vs. local shear jamming in cornstarch" Physical Review Letters 114, 098301 (2015)

A. Fall et al. “Sliding friction on Wet and Dry Sand" Physical Review Letters 112, 175502 (2014)

Sina Marhbaie, Hakim Takhedmit, Patrick Poulichet, Marjorie Grzeskowiak, Abdoulaye Fall, A Bird-Cage Coil for MRI Studies of Unsaturated Granular Materials, 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2020

A. Waguaf, L. Fadel, V. Vigneras, F. Demontoux, A. Fall, H. Takhedmit, M. Grzeskowiak, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance volumetric antenna, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Krakow, Poland, 2019