Domaines
Statistical physics
Biophysics
Soft matter
Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Physics of living systems
Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics
Type of internship
Théorique, numérique Description
Life is both the result of and the engine behind Darwinian evolution. In modern life forms, the underlying mechanisms of Darwinian evolution are complex and are also products of billions of years of evolution. At the origin of life, however, Darwinian evolution must have emerged from simpler processes. What could these processes be? We approach this question from a physics perspective by developing statistical physics models.
Our goal is to identify the fundamental physical and chemical processes that could give rise to Darwinian-like evolutionary dynamics and, more generally, life-like features, beyond the specific pathway that led to life on Earth.
Contact
Olivier Rivoire