Freddy BOUCHET

Freddy BOUCHET is a Researcher and Professeur attaché at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) - PSL University, and a Research Director at CNRS. He leads the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD/IPSL) as of 2025. His work bridges statistical physics, climate dynamics, and geophysical flows, focusing on turbulence, extreme events, and energy transitions. Key research areas include large deviation theory for rare events in complex systems and the statistical mechanics of planetary climates. He has contributed to understanding Jupiter's Great Red Spot and ocean vortices through equilibrium statistical mechanics. Awards include the Three Physicists Prize. BOUCHET oversees the ERC grant TRANSITION and collaborates internationally on climate science and interdisciplinary projects.

Research interests span climate dynamics, statistical mechanics of complex systems, and rare event computation. His work addresses phase transitions in geophysical flows, kinetic theory for zonal jets, and large deviation applications to atmosphere-ocean interactions. He has organized conferences on turbulence and extreme events in Earth systems.

Advising focuses on postdoctoral and doctoral researchers in climate modeling and statistical physics. His contributions include theoretical frameworks for rare transitions and collaborations on energy transition strategies. The LMD/IPSL lab hosts interdisciplinary teams advancing climate science through data-driven and theoretical approaches.