Dynamics across Scales: Bridging Kinetic Theory and Fluid Mechanics

Kinetic theory describes large systems of interacting particles at the mesoscopic level, while fluid models capture their macroscopic behaviour. Recent years have brought substantial progress on both sides: quantitative results on stable regimes in fluid, plasma and galactic models, including nonlinear Landau damping and the stability of plasma and galactic equilibria; the derivation of effective dynamics in quasineutral, mean-field and wave-kinetic limits; refined echo-chain analysis; and advances on Hilbert's sixth problem. The techniques involved draw on PDE theory, harmonic and functional analysis, probability, and mathematical physics, and increasingly reveal common structures linking kinetic, fluid and dispersive equations. This workshop brings together researchers from these areas to compare methods, consolidate the emerging unified perspective, and identify the central open problems.

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Organizers

Name Affiliation
Mikaela Iacobelli ETH Zürich
Alexandru Ionescu Princeton University
Klaus Widmayer University of Zurich & University of Vienna

Attendees

Name Affiliation
Ioakeim Ampatzoglou City University of New York
Dongfen Bian Beijing Institute of Technology
Peter Constantin Princeton University
Michele Coti Zelati Imperial College London
Miguel Escobedo Universidad del País Vasco
David Fajman University of Vienna
Emmanuel Grenier Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science
Megan Griffin-Pickering University of Warwick
Angeliki Menegaki Imperial College London
Quoc-Hung Nguyen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Toan T. Nguyen The Pennsylvania State University
Lukas Niebel ETH Zürich
Gigliola Staffilani MIT
Minh-Binh Tran Texas A & M University
Vlad Vicol Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Xuecheng Wang Tsinghua University
At a glance
Type:
Workshop
When:
Jan. 25, 2027 — Jan. 29, 2027
Where:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Organizer(s):
Mikaela Iacobelli (ETH Zurich)
Alexandru Ionescu (Princeton U)
Klaus Widmayer (U of Zurich & U of Vienna)