Philippe Di Francesco is a French-American mathematician, focusing in mathematical physics, physical combinatorics and integrable systems. He is senior researcher (Directeur de Recherche) at the
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Saclay
The Institute of Theoretical Physics ("Institut de physique théorique") (IPhT) is a research institute of the Direction of Fundamental Research (DRF) of the France, French French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Alternative Energ ...
in France, and is currently the Morris and Gertrude Fine Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at
University of Illinois. He is also author of the book 'Conformal Field Theory'. He received his PhD in 1989, under Jean-Claude Le Guillou and
Jean-Bernard Zuber, at the
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Pierre and Marie Curie University (french: link=no, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, UPMC), also known as Paris 6, was a public university, public research university in Paris, France, from 1971 to 2017. The university was located on the Jussi ...
.
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