Paul Clavin

Paul Clavin
Alma materUniversity of Poitiers
Known forMatalon–Matkowsky–Clavin–Joulin theory
Clavin–Williams formula
Clavin–Garcia equation
Diffusive–thermal instability
Clavin–Liñán model
Scientific career
FieldsCombustion
Physics
InstitutionsAix-Marseille University
Thesis Les Equations cinétiques généralisées dans les systèmes inhomogènes; problèmes de la propagation du chaos moléculaire  (1971)
Doctoral advisorIlya Prigogine
Doctoral studentsGuy Joulin

Paul Clavin is a French scientist at Aix-Marseille University, working in the field of combustion and statistical mechanics. He is the founder of Institute for Research on Nonequilibrium Phenomena (IRPHE).