Philippe Michel (number theorist)
{{Short description|French mathematician (born 1969)}}
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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.[http://www.ae-info.org/attach/User/Michel_Philippe/CV/curriculum.pdf Curriculum vitae], retrieved 2015-01-23.
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.{{mathgenealogy|id=64247}} He was a professor at the University of Montpellier from 1998 to 2008, when he moved to EPFL.
Recognition
In 1999, Michel was awarded the Peccot-Vimont Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.college-de-france.fr/media/cours-peccot/UPL4417563382308777062_LISTE_DES_LAUREATS_DU_PRIX_PECCOT_VIMONT_DEPUIS_1885.pdf|title=Liste des laureats du prix Peccot-Vimont depuis 1885|publisher=College de France|access-date=2024-04-12}} and gave the Peccot Lecture at the Collège de France.{{cite web|url=http://www.college-de-france.fr/media/cours-peccot/UPL1466994975427365342_LISTE_CHRONOLOGIQUE_DES_INTITULES_DES_COURS_PECCOT_DEPUIS_1899_.pdf|title=Liste chronologique des cours Peccot avec les intitulés depuis 1899|publisher=College de France|access-date=2024-04-12}}
In 2006, he was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians.{{citation
| last1 = Michel | first1 = Philippe G.
| last2 = Venkatesh | first2 = Akshay
| contribution = Equidistribution, L-functions and ergodic theory: on some problems of Yu. Linnik
| mr = 2275604
| pages = 421–457
| publisher = Eur. Math. Soc., Zürich
| title = International Congress of Mathematicians. Vol. II
| year = 2006}}.[http://www.mathunion.org/db/ICM/Speakers/SortedByLastname.php ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897], International Mathematical Union, retrieved 2015-01-23.
In 2011, he was elected to the Academia Europaea.[http://www.ae-info.org/ae/User/Michel_Philippe Member profile], Academia Europaea, retrieved 2015-01-23.
In 2012, he became one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2015-01-23.
References
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External links
- [http://tan.epfl.ch/philippe.michel/ Home page]
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Category:20th-century French mathematicians
Category:21st-century French mathematicians
Category:French number theorists
Category:Academic staff of the University of Montpellier
Category:Academic staff of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Category:Members of Academia Europaea