Clément Eynard

Since childhood, I have been fascinated by the study of physical phenomena and the living world. This passion developed when I was competing in windsurfing competitions and felt the force of the elements every day through my arms as I held the sail.

I then turned to general scientific studies, initially because I wanted to gain a general understanding of the physical world around me. It was a vast project. Obviously too vast.

While studying biology and certain aspects of physics, I became fascinated by reflections on phenomena whose consequences are found at higher levels than those of the actions that originate from the collective phenomena that caused them. But this seemingly barbaric passion does not replace my attraction to meeting people, exchanging ideas, and above all, sporting challenges in different disciplines.

I believe that travel and major sporting events are the best ways to engage in sincere exchanges with people from different backgrounds. I am particularly interested in meeting people who have a different perspective on the subjects I believe in. I am therefore doubly delighted to be able to come and study at Columbia in the United States this semester, and I hope that this period will be as rich in scientific learning as it is in shared wonder and smiles.

This internship is a rare opportunity for me to explore, at the molecular level, how simple physical mechanisms can produce robust and universal performance.

I look forward to transforming these ideas into measurement tools that are truly useful in biomedicine.