IPhO 2025 Steering Committee

Daniel Rouan

Committee Chairperson,
Vice-president of the Société Française de Physique,
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS
Chair of the Executive Committee

Aristide Cavailles

Committee Vice-chairperson,
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Elisabeth Giacobino

President of the Société Française de Physique,
Emeritus Research Director, CNRS, LKB

Representative appointed by the Ministry of Education: M. Manuel Brossé
Representative appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research: M. Olivier Marco

Silke Biermann

Head of the Department of Physics at Ecole Polytechnique

Kees van der Beek

Vice-Provost for Research at Ecole polytechnique
Vice-President Research at Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Permanent guests :
Yannick Alméras, Pierre Chavel, Dominique Obert, Julia Roussel

IPhO 2025 Scientific Committee

The scientific committee is responsible for drawing up the subjects for the theoretical and experimental tests, in line with precise specifications.

The subjects are then discussed at two meetings attended by all the delegations. During these meetings, the subjects are adjusted to suit the majority of delegations; each decision to amend the subjects is subject to a vote.

The scientific committee is also in charge of proposing a solution and a marking scheme for each of the two tests. A French team of markers is responsible for evaluating the candidates' papers before moderation with the team leaders.

Yannick Alméras

Chairperson of the Scientific Committee
General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Nicolas Schlosser

Vice-chairperson of the Scientific Committee, Professor at Louis le Grand

Antonin Marchand

IT Manager, Professor at Louis le Grand

Erwan Allys

Associate Professor, École Normale Supérieure - PSL

Jeanne Bernard

Associate Professor, Institut  d'Optique Graduate School - Université Paris-Saclay

Yann Brunel

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Henri IV

Frédéric Chevy

Professor, École Normale Supérieure - PSL

Jean-Michel Courty

Professor, Sorbonne université

Isabelle Daumont

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Henri IV

Kristina Davitt

Associate Professor, Université Paris Cité

©Étienne Jeanneret

Virginie Emsellem

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Chaptal

Émilie Frémont

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Marcelin Berthelot

Julien Gabelli

Research officer, Laboratoire de physique des solides (LPS) (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS)

Guilhem Gallot

Research director, Laboratoire  d'optique et biosciences (LOB) (CNRS, École polytechnique, Inserm)

Édouard Kierlik

Professor, Sorbonne université

Sven Korving

Postdoctoral researcher, ITER  Organization

Sophie Marbach

Research officer, Laboratoire Phenix (Sorbonne Université, CNRS)

Thomas Nirrengarten

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Chaptal

Jérôme Perez

Professor, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées (ENSTA ParisTech), Institut  Polytechnique de Paris

Christelle Poux

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Louis Le Grand

Guillaume Reydellet

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée Blaise Pascal

Étienne Reyssat

Research director, Laboratoire de Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes (CNRS, ESPCI Paris - PSL,  Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité)

Thomas Roy

Teacher in a French Preparatory Class for the Grandes Écoles (CPGE), Lycée international Balzac

Nina Schwarz

Postdoctoral researcher, ITER  Organization

Laurent Simard

Associate Professor, Laboratoire de Physique des 2 Infinis Irène Joliot Curie, Université Paris-Saclay

Markers of IPhO 2025

Adroguer Pierre
Anankine Romain
Arjmand Payvand
Arnardi Frédéric
Astrup-Gay Simon
Attaiaa Moulay-Badr
Audoin Ilan
Ausseresse Marie
Barreau Maxime
Belhadji Kémil
Benizri Lior
Bertho Faustine
Bertin Pascal
Boisseleau Christophe
Boulesteix Thierry
Calamier Camille
Camaglia Francesco
Camier Léa
Carrez Corentin
Carron Marie-Hélène
Cascaro Léa
Cazayus-Claverie Samuel
Chapelle Nathan
Chassé Thibaut
Chrisment Antoine
Cohadon Pierre-François
Colin Paul
Defossez Anaïs
Didier-Pichat Rodrigue
Dong Jonathan
Dupuy Géraud
Fanton Benoît
Flack Ana
Fourcade Nathan
Franken Victor
Garic Martin
Gayout Ariane
Genthon Arthur
Grenier Charles
Guillen Anthony
Hebrard Elodie
Karyos Kyriakos
Kekicheff Patrick
Koechler Jordan
Kostina Polina
Laude-Boulesteix Blandine
Laugel Céline
Lauriau Amélie
Le Pennec Brendan
Ledoux Barnabé
Lee Antony
Lequin Victor
Liu Thomas
Lopetegui González Carlos Ernesto
Marty Bastien
Menil Charles
Miljevic Filip
Monzac Joséphine
Moutal Nicolas
Nehmé Mehdi
Pagani Bruno
Papadopoulos Vassilis
Pirogov Vladimir
Presle Romain
Raphin Clément
Rescanieres Romain
Robin Antoine
Semon Béatrice
Sevrain David
Shviro Oriane
Simon Yehudi
Simonetto Andrea
Sutter Adrien
Thiebaud Marine
Tzavara Eleftheria
Victor Jean-Marc
Villain-Guillot Simon
Vrech Margaux
Weickmans Matthieu
Werth Denis
Zarié Baptiste
Ziapkoff Victor

IPhO 2025 Organizing Committee

Pierre Chavel

Committee co-chair,
Institut d'Optique, former research scientist, Centre national de la recherche scientifique

Dominique Obert

Committee co-chair,
Honorary General Inspector for Education, Sport and Research

Julia Roussel

Event Director

Moulay-Badr Attaiaa

Physics and Chemistry Teacher

Alexis Bardeur

Communications Officer

Claire Bisquert

Event Officer

Guy Bonnaud

Former CEA Research Director and INSTN Professor

Alain Cano

Physics and Chemistry Teacher

Gabriel Chardin

Research Director, CNRS

Sylvie Dancre

Senior Lecturer, Lycée Louis-le-Grand

Lester David

Ground/space instrumentation systems engineer

Christophe Paulhac

Physics and Chemistry Teacher

Sophie Rémy

Senior Lecturer in Physics

Yves Sacquin

Experimental Physicist in IRFU's Particle Physics Department, CEA-Saclay

Catherine Velay

Senior Lecturer, Lycée Louis-le-Grand MPSI

Mayline Verguin

Communications Manager

Guy Wormser

Director of research, CNRS, IJCLab

Permanent Guests :
Yannick Alméras, Aristide Cavaillès, Elisabeth Giacobino, Daniel Rouan