Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud
Born1962 (age 63–64)
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Known forPhysics of disordered systems, Quantitative modelling of financial markets, Agent Based Models
AwardsCNRS Silver Medal
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, finance
InstitutionsÉcole Normale Supérieure
Imperial College London
Doctoral advisorClaire Lhuillier
Notable studentsRama Cont, Matthieu Wyart

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud (born 1962) is a French physicist. He is co-founder and chairman of Capital Fund Management (CFM), adjunct professor at École Normale Supérieure and co-director of the CFM-Polytechnique Chair of Econophysics and Complex Systems at Ecole Polytechnique. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, and held the Bettencourt Innovation Chair at Collège de France in 2020.