Pierre HIREL

Assistant Professor - University of Lille, Physics Dep.

Bâtiment C6 - Bureau 214
Unité Matériaux et Transformations
Cité scientifique, Bât. C6
Université de Lille
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq
France
Tel: +33 (0)320 33 71 42
Fax: +33 (0) 320 43 65 91
Email : Send an email to Pierre HIREL
Homepage: https://pierrehirel.info
ORCID Identifier : 0000-0002-7488-8466

Research team: Plasticity

Research

I study elementary mechanisms of plasticity (dislocations, grain boundaries, diffusion) in complex materials such as ceramics and minerals, with atomic-scale simulations.

Teaching

Teachings at the Physics Department : Newtonian mechanics (L1), Optics (L1), Thermodynamics (L2), Electromagnetism (L2), C programming (DEUST).

Codes developped

Atomsk - A tool to manipulate atomic systems

Current PhD thesis

• Igor Gabrel TSOGO ONANA, Modélisation de dislocations dans les oxydes perowskites AB03 . Thesis started in 2025. Other co-advisor: Philippe CARREZ.

Defended PhD thesis

• Konstantinos THOMAIDIS, Do mantle xenoliths preserved water signature from the lithospheric mantle and how ? An experimental et numerical approach . Thesis defended in 2022. Other co-advisor: Jannick INGRIN. Position: Post-doctoral Researcher in  KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Saudi Arabia.