Jean-Philippe BOUCHAUD

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud is a Professor in the Department of Physics at École Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, and simultaneously serves as Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Capital Fund Management (CFM). His dual affiliation bridges academic physics with quantitative finance, focusing on theoretical applications to market dynamics.

He holds a PhD in Physics from Université Paris-Sud (1987), preceded by studies at École Polytechnique (1984). His research expertise centers on econophysics, leveraging statistical mechanics to model financial volatility, market microstructure, and agent-based systems. Key contributions include the development of the theory of financial risk and empirical studies on price impact.

Notable honors include:

• Eugene Fama-DFA Prize (2018) for seminal work on market efficiency
• Prix Peccot from Collège de France (1992)
• Membership in the French Academy of Sciences (2017)

Bouchaud has supervised over 20 PhD students, including prominent figures like Rama Cont (Imperial College London) and Marc Potters (CFM co-founder), with research funded by ERC Advanced Grants and ANR projects. He leads the CFM Scientific Research Team, applying physics methodologies to financial modeling within the ENS Physics Department's complex systems group.