Pierre-Philippe Crépin

As a science lover since childhood, Pierre-Philippe Crépin attended his first courses in quantum physics at the Ecole Polytechnique. For him, it is simply the “discovery of a new world". Seized by this “elegant, abstract and magic" field, he pursued a master's degree in quantum physics at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. 

As part of his training, he joined the Kastler-Brossel Laboratory to study cold atoms. He stayed in this laboratory to undertake a PhD on the nothing less than original question : does antimatter fall down or up ? With his supervisor Serge Reynaud, he proposes new experimental methods, based on the quantum theory, in order to improve the accuracy of measurement of the gravitational acceleration of antimatter. He enjoys when mathematics lead to surprising results that can be in practice physically verifiable. After his research projects in quantum mechanics, Pierre-Philippe will apply his theoretical and analytical knowledge to economic problems during his post-doctorate in econophysics. 

Pierre-Philippe has always considered image as an essential tool for science. Images are a “great guide for intuition" for him. More still, Pierre-Philippe's gaze sympathizes with visual beauty, in cinema as well as in museums. “I like when form reveals the deep meaning of an object", he confides. He has been incorporating an esthetic side to his analytical approaches since the beginning of his research. Today, he develops his search for beauty in the visualization of his results.