Dr. Pierre Binétruy
Director
Physics
Paris centre for cosmological physics
France
Biography
Pierre Binétruy is professor at University Paris Diderot and was the director of the AstroParticle and Cosmology (APC) laboratory in Paris from its creation in 2006 till the end of 2013. After a Ph.D. at CERN, he started his career in LAPP, Annecy before joining University Paris 11 as professor in 1990 and University Paris Diderot in 2003. His main interests have shifted from high energy physics, in particular supersymmetry, to cosmology and gravitation and the connection between the early Universe and theories of fundamental interactions. His present interests include inflation models, dark energy and cosmological background of gravitational waves. He is strongly involved in the eLISA mission on gravitational waves, as well as a member of the Planck and Euclid consortia.
Research Interest
Mainly intrested in present interests include inflation models, dark energy and cosmological background of gravitational waves.
