Philippe Bouyer Joins Atomionics as Physics Advisor

Singapore, June 2026 - One of the pioneers of quantum gravimetry in the field brings thirty years of science to the team.

Atomionics has appointed Philippe Bouyer as Physics Advisor. His arrival brings the company one of the most experienced voices in quantum sensing, at a moment when the instruments are already deployed and the science needs to go further.

Philippe Bouyer has spent thirty years building the science behind quantum gravimetry. He was among the first to take cold-atom interferometry out of the laboratory and into the real world, co-founding Muquans in 2011 to bring quantum sensing into industry. Muquans built the first transportable absolute quantum gravimeter to deliver laboratory-grade precision in the field, and was later acquired by Exail. Philippe was the founding director of LP2N, a quantum photonics laboratory in Bordeaux, which he led for over a decade, and spent time as Visiting Professor at Stanford University working alongside Mark Kasevich. His 2018 paper on field-grade quantum gravimetry from a transportable instrument remains one of the most referenced works in the field.

He joins in a personal advisory capacity.

“For me, the central challenge has always been clear: quantum sensors must move out of the laboratory and into real environments, real surveys, and real operational conditions. I appreciate the team’s approach of not only building a quantum instrument, but starting from the needs of end users and from the question of how quantum gravimetry can deliver real monitoring capacity in the field.”
Philippe Bouyer, Physics Advisor, Atomionics

At Atomionics, Philippe will work closely with the physics team on the scientific direction of the instruments, the standards the next generation of hardware is built to, and the research priorities that will shape the company’s technology over the coming years. His role is to bring rigour to the decisions that matter most: how the physics evolves, and how it holds up in the field.

The broader context makes the timing significant. As demand for critical minerals, clean energy resources, and subsurface data grows, the ability to survey more of the planet is becoming a real operational need, not just a research goal. Atomionics is building for that need. Philippe’s involvement means the science behind it is guided by someone who has spent his career at exactly this frontier.