Antoine Gagnebin

I am a PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University, where I work with Prof. Dr. Weiran Sun. I completed my PhD at ETH Zürich under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mikaela Iacobelli.

I obtained my Master's degree in mathematics from the University of Neuchâtel in 2020 and my Bachelor's degree in 2018. During my Bachelor's, I studied for one year as an Erasmus student at Durham University (UK).

You can look at my CV here.

Research interests

My research focuses on kinetic theory, in particular on Vlasov-type equations, which describe the dynamics of particles in plasmas. I am especially interested in problems related to the long-time behaviour and stability of such systems, including Landau damping.

More recently, my work has concentrated on the quasineutral limit in plasmas for the Vlasov–Maxwell system, as well as on the global well-posedness of the magnetized Vlasov–Poisson equation.

Publications

Accepted and published papers

1. Scattering problem for Vlasov-type equations on the d-dimensional torus with Gevrey data, in collaboration with Dario Benedetto, Emanuele Caglioti, Mikaela Iacobelli, Stefano Rossi. Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré C Anal. Non Linéaire (2025). pdf
2. Backward problem for the 1D ionic Vlasov-Poisson equation. Kinetic and Related Models, 2024, 17(2): 312–330. pdf
3. Landau damping on the torus for the Vlasov-Poisson system with massless electrons, in collaboration with Mikaela Iacobelli. J. of Differential Equations 376 (2023), 154–203. pdf

Preprints

1. Propagation of velocity moments for the magnetized Vlasov-Poisson system with space-time dependent magnetic fields, in collaboration with Immanuel Ben-Porat, Mikaela Iacobelli, Jonathan Junné. arXiv:2510.22753
2. From relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell to electron-MHD in the quasineutral regime, in collaboration with Mikaela Iacobelli, Alexandre Rege, Stefano Rossi. arXiv:2505.11428

Talks

• Quasineutral limit for the relativistic Vlasov-Maxwell system Analysis and PDE Seminar, BICMR, Peking University, China, December 2025.
• Landau damping and final data problem on the torus Arpilysm 1: Applications of Mathematics to Mathematics, Arpino, Italy, November 2024.
• Final data problem for Vlasov-type equations SwissMAP Annual General Meeting, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, September 2024.
• Asymptotic time behaviour of Vlasov-type equations Swiss Mathematical Society Doctoral Day 2024, University of Basel, Switzerland, May 2024.
• Landau damping for Vlasov-type systems on the torus Minisymposium on PDE and Mathematical Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, April 2024.
• Landau damping in plasma physics Vlasovia 2024: Seventh International Workshop on the Theory and Applications of the Vlasov Equation, Florence, Italy, January 2024.
• Landau damping for Vlasov-type systems Oberwolfach Graduate Seminar: Optimal Transport Theory and Hydrodynamics, Będlewo, Poland, November 2023.
• Landau damping for Vlasov-type systems SwissMAP Annual General Meeting, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, September 2023.

Poster presentations

• Mathematical Physics and PDEsHerrsching, Germany, December 2024.
• SwissMAP Site Visit Poster SessionUniversity of Geneva, Switzerland, May 2023.
• Kinetic TheoryCIRM Marseille, France, November 2022.

Conferences attended

• Recent Progress in Long-Time Dynamics in Kinetic TheoryRome, Italy, June 2026.
• Kinetic Theory, Fluid Mechanics and Microscopic Systems: Mathematical Facets of the Physical WorldConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy, June 2026. In honour of Mario Pulvirenti's 80th birthday.
• Phase mixing, kinetic theory and fluid mechanicsSwissMAP Research Station Les Diablerets, Switzerland, February 2024.
• Kinetic and hydrodynamic PDEsETH Zürich, Switzerland, January 2024.
• Stability and dynamics in fluid mechanics and kinetic theoryImperial College London, UK, July 2023.
• Nonlinear diffusion and nonlocal interaction modelsBIRS Granada, Spain, May 2023.
• When kinetic theory meets fluid mechanicsETH Zürich, Switzerland, July 2022.
• Frontiers in kinetic equations for plasmas and collective behaviourUniversity of Cambridge, UK, April 2022.

Teaching

ETH Zürich

Lectures

• Mathematik II, course organiserLecturer: Prof. Dr. Nikita Geldhauser, Spring 2026.
• Mathematik I, course organiserLecturer: Prof. Dr. Nikita Geldhauser, Fall 2025.
• Analysis III, course organiserLecturer: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Iozzi, Fall 2024.
• Euclidean Harmonic Analysis, course organiserLecturer: Dr. Simon Becker, Spring 2024.
• Analysis III, course organiserLecturer: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Iozzi, Fall 2023.
• Analysis III, course organiserLecturer: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Iozzi, Fall 2022.
• Analysis III, course organiserLecturer: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Iozzi, Fall 2021.
• Mathematical Methods of Physics I, teaching assistant for exercise classesLecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Willwacher, Fall 2020.

Seminars

• An Introduction to Mean-Field Limits for Vlasov Equations, course organiserLecturers: Prof. Dr. Mikaela Iacobelli and Dr. Alexandre Rege, Spring 2022.
• Topics in Non-Collisional Kinetic Theory, course organiserLecturers: Prof. Dr. Mikaela Iacobelli and Dr. Ludovic Cesbron, Spring 2021.

Student supervision

• David Arthur, Master's studentETH Zürich, 2025, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Mikaela Iacobelli.
• Anton Enste, Bachelor's studentETH Zürich, 2024, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Mikaela Iacobelli.
• Eva Lia Tarquini, Bachelor's studentETH Zürich, 2024, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Mikaela Iacobelli.

University of Neuchâtel

• Complements to General Physics II, teaching assistantProf. Dr. Gaetano Mileti, Spring 2020.
• Complements to General Physics I, teaching assistantProf. Dr. Gaetano Mileti, Fall 2019.
• Complements to General Physics II, teaching assistantProf. Dr. Gaetano Mileti, Spring 2019.

Lycée Jean-Piaget, Neuchâtel

• Supply teacher for mathematics classesFall 2019.

Contact

Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
antoine_gagnebin@sfu.ca