Jean-François Molinari

Jean-François Molinari is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the Computational Solid Mechanics Laboratory. He holds appointments in the Civil Engineering institute and the Materials Science institute. Molinari's research spans computational solid mechanics, damage mechanics, and multiscale methods. He is involved in teaching at EPFL at the Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral levels, including courses on Continuum Mechanics, Fracture of Materials, and Numerical Modelling of Solids and Structures. He is also an elected member of the Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation and co-editor in chief of the journal Mechanics of Materials.

Jean-François Molinari is a researcher at EPFL whose work focuses on the modeling and simulation of tribological phenomena, contact mechanics, and fracture mechanics. His research spans multiple scales, from atomistic to continuum, and addresses the behavior of materials under various loading conditions. He has published extensively on topics such as elasto-plastic contact, dynamic crack propagation, cohesive models, and multiscale modeling of contacts and fractures. His studies also explore the influence of material properties and microstructures on mechanical behavior, including the effects of strain rate and defects on fracture and fragmentation. Molinari's work contributes to understanding wear mechanisms, adhesive wear, and the mechanical behavior of nanoscale materials.