Pierre Encrenaz (born 14 September 1945) is a French astronomer who is a professor at the Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris VI).
[1] After secondary studies at the Lycée Berthollet in Annecy, he entered preparatory classes at the Lycée du Parc in Lyon, then at the École normale supérieure in Paris (student, agrégé préparateur, sous-directeur) (1965–1979).
Pierre Encrenaz was a professor at the Pierre et Marie Curie University and a researcher at the Laboratory for the Study of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics (UMR8112 Observatoire de Paris-CNRS-université de Cergy-Pontoise-université Paris VI-ENS).
Currently, Pierre Encrenaz is a university professor and emeritus at Paris Observatory.
Installation of a microwave laboratory (superconducting junctions) at the ENS and Meudon to observe the Earth's atmosphere, the atmosphere of several planets and the interstellar medium in millimetres and submillimetres.