Hugo Parlier is a professor at the Mathematics Department of the University of Luxembourg. His research centres on different topics of geometry, topology and combinatorics. He studied mathematics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne where he received his PhD in 2004. After his postdoctoral stays in Madrid, Toronto and Geneva, he became an associate professor in Fribourg, with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2017, he joined the Mathematics Department of the University of Luxembourg.

Bruno Teheux is a permanent researcher at the Mathematics Department of the University of Luxembourg and conducts research into mathematical logic. He received his PhD from the University of Liège in Belgium in 2009. After working for two years at Animath in Paris, he joined the University of Luxembourg in 2012.

These two mathematicians love sharing their passion for mathematics through activities aimed at the wider public. They are the minds behind The Simplicity of Complexity and Recreate: shapes from the collective imagination, which were presented at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. They have also participated in The Sound of Data project as part of Esch2022, the European Capital of Culture.

In addition to these joint projects, Bruno Teheux has edited the pilot volume of scientific comics written by PhD pupils. As for Hugo Parlier, he has co-written an interactive mathematics book for the iPad called Mathema. This book gave rise to the puzzles for iPad or iPhone called Quadratis.

Unfortunately, Hugo Parlier was unable to take part in our interview, which is why we would like to point you in the direction of the wonderful podcast “Mäïn Element” in which he features. This podcast was recorded by Lëtzebuerger Journal in partnership with the National Research Foundation (FNR).