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About Me

I am a Wu-Tsai & CPRA Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University with a background in theoretical physics and complex systems. My research draws on network science, nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics, and theoretical neuroscience, with a particular interest in dimension reduction and synchronization. I have also worked on the analysis of connectomes and neuronal dynamics, as well as on collaborative projects in information theory and epidemiology.

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Refereed Publications

V. Thibeault,, A. Allard, P. Desrosiers.
“The low-rank hypothesis of complex systems,” Nature Physics 20, 294 (2024).

• Featured in Nature Physics’ News & Views
• Cover page of Nature Physics

C. Murphy, V. Thibeault,, A. Allard, P. Desrosiers.
“Duality between predictability and reconstructability in complex systems,” Nature Communications 15, 4478 (2024).

M. Vegué, V. Thibeault,, P. Desrosiers, A. Allard.
“Dimension reduction of dynamics on modular and heterogeneous directed networks,” PNAS Nexus 2, pgad150 (2023).

G. St-Onge, V. Thibeault,, A. Allard, L. J. Dubé, L. Hébert-Dufresne.
“Social confinement and mesoscopic localization of epidemics on networks,” Physical Review Letters 126, 098301 (2021).

G. St-Onge, V. Thibeault,, A. Allard, L. J. Dubé, L. Hébert-Dufresne.
“Master equation analysis of mesoscopic localization in contagion dynamics on higher-order networks,” Physical Review E 103, 032301 (2021).

V. Thibeault,, G. St-Onge, L. J. Dubé, P. Desrosiers.
“Threefold way to the dimension reduction of dynamics on networks: An application to synchronization,” Physical Review Research 2, 043215 (2020).

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Preprints

V. Thibeault,, B. Claveau, A. Allard, P. Desrosiers.
“Operator-theoretic approach to the partial integration of randomly coupled phase oscillators,” arXiv (2026).

V. Thibeault,, B. Claveau, A. Allard, P. Desrosiers.
“Kuramoto meets Kooman: Constants of motion, symmetries and network motifs,” arXiv (2025).

C. Murphy, S. Lizotte, F. Thibault, V. Thibeault, P. Desrosiers, A. Allard.
“On the reconstructability of complex networks from dynamics,” arXiv (2025).

E. Laurence, C. Murphy, G. St-Onge, X. Roy-Pomerleau, V. Thibeault,.
“Detecting structural perturbations from time series with deep learning,” arXiv (2020).

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Education

Ph.D. Physics, Université Laval (2021-2026)

M.Sc. Physics, Université Laval (2017-2020)

B.Sc. Physics, Université Laval (2014-2017)

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Thesis

Approches spectrales et conditions structurelles pour réduire la dimension des systèmes complexes, Ph.D. thesis, Université Laval (2026).

Réduire la dimension des systèmes complexes: un regard sur l’émergence de la synchronisation, M.Sc. thesis, Université Laval (2020).