Henri Gouin, is a specialist of continuum mechanics in which he has published numerous articles. He holds a BSE, a master's degree, aggregation in mathematics from the University of Paris and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud, and a PhD and a State Doctorate in mathematics from the University of Provence. Professor at the university, he taught the analytical mechanics course for ten years at the Faculty of Sciences of Marseille. He is now Professor Emeritus at the University of Aix-Marseille, France.