Philippe Michel

Philippe Michel is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Department of Mathematics. His research interests lie in analytic number theory, with a focus on techniques such as arithmetic geometry, exponential sums, sieve methods, automorphic forms, L-functions, and ergodic theory. He joined EPFL after serving as a full professor at Université Montpellier II. Michel is a former student of ENS Cachan and obtained his PhD from Université Paris XI in 1995. He has been a member of the Institut Universitaire de France and has received the Peccot-Vimont prize. He is also a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society and a member of the Académie Européenne.

Philippe Michel is a Professor of Mathematics known for his significant contributions to Number Theory. His research focuses on analytic number theory, automorphic L-functions, and equidistribution problems. He has extensively studied the subconvexity problem for GL2 and Rankin-Selberg L-functions, as well as the distribution of Heegner points and periodic torus orbits. His work also includes the analysis of moments of L-functions, Kloosterman sums, and arithmetic applications of automorphic forms. Michel's research has implications in understanding the analytic rank of automorphic L-functions and the distribution of closed geodesics on modular surfaces.