Philippe Michel (number theorist)

Philippe G. Michel
Michel in 2011
Born (1969-01-23) 23 January 1969 (age 55)
Lyon, France
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Philippe Gabriel Michel (born 23 January 1969) is a French mathematician who holds the chair in analytic number theory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.[1]

Early life, education and career

Michel was born in Lyon. He studied from 1989 to 1993 at the École normale supérieure de Cachan, and then moved to the University of Paris-Sud, where he earned a doctorate in 1995 under the supervision of Étienne Fouvry and then a habilitation in 1998.[1][2] He was a professor at the University of Montpellier from 1998 to 2008, when he moved to EPFL.[1]

Recognition

In 1999, Michel was awarded the Peccot-Vimont Prize[3] and gave the Peccot Lecture at the Collège de France.[4] In 2006, he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians.[5][6] In 2011, he was elected to the Academia Europaea.[7] In 2012, he became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Curriculum vitae, retrieved 2015-01-23.
  2. ^ Philippe Michel at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ "Liste des laureats du prix Peccot-Vimont depuis 1885" (PDF). College de France. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  4. ^ "Liste chronologique des cours Peccot avec les intitulés depuis 1899" (PDF). College de France. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  5. ^ Michel, Philippe G.; Venkatesh, Akshay (2006), "Equidistribution, L-functions and ergodic theory: on some problems of Yu. Linnik", International Congress of Mathematicians. Vol. II, Eur. Math. Soc., Zürich, pp. 421–457, MR 2275604.
  6. ^ ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897, International Mathematical Union, retrieved 2015-01-23.
  7. ^ Member profile, Academia Europaea, retrieved 2015-01-23.
  8. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2015-01-23.