Dr Lucien Heurtier is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the TPPC group of the Physics Department, King’s College London. In 2015, Dr Heurtier obtained his PhD from École Polytechnique (France) in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. He then worked in Belgium (Univesité Libre de Bruxelles), the United States (University of Arizona), and in the UK (Durham University), where he achieved important work and published impactful articles on early universe cosmology, particle physics beyond the standard model, and primordial black holes. As an STFC postdoctoral research fellow at King’s College London, Dr Lucien Heurtier also supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students, is involved in outreach activities, and is organizing high-profile conferences in his field.

More information on Dr Heurtier can be found at: https://lheurtier.github.io/index.html

Research

• Primordial Black Holes
• Cosmic Inflation
• Dark Matter Phenomenology
• Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model

Recent observations of the far Universe raised many theoretical questions: What is dark matter, dark energy? How did they form throughout cosmic history? Why is the Universe so homogeneous around us? What is the nature of the Big Bang? Dr Heurtier’s research focus on tackling each of these puzzles and propose theoretical solutions that could be tested with observations in the future.

Publications

• https://lheurtier.github.io/generic.html
• https://inspirehep.net/authors/1335918