Jerome Quintin

Postdoctoral Researcher in Theoretical Cosmology affiliated with the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute

Here are some of the things I do to keep a balanced life, including sports, music, traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.

Physical activity plays an important role in my life, whether to stay healthy (physically and mentally) or just for fun. This goes hand in hand with the fact that I’m an outdoor lover. I’m especially a winter lover (“Mon pays, ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver”). I practice alpine skiing, telemark skiing, ski mountaineering, cross-country skiing, ice hockey, speed skating, figure skating, snowshoeing, road and trail running, road cycling, cross-country mountain biking, hiking, soccer, and tennis.

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I play the violin and the drums, though not as much as I’d like to these days. However, I always listen to something while working. I’ve always liked classical music. My interest generally decreases in reversed chronological order, i.e., from contemporary to baroque, but I have many crushes from the modern and romantic periods. Besides, I like many genres of electronic music, often when it’s instrumental and well orchestrated. Finally, my passion for the drums comes from rock and jazz.

Pictures

Lac-Brome, QC, 2023 Mont-Tremblant, QC, 2021 Mont-Tremblant, QC, 2020 Montréal, QC, 2019 Massif de la Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Charlevoix, QC, 2017 La Tuque, Mauricie, QC, 2015 Mont Albert, Gaspésie, QC, 2015 Harder Kulm, Interlaken, CH, 2015 Lausanne, CH, 2015 Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, Montérégie, QC, 2015 Massif du Sud, QC, 2014 McConnell Arena, McGill University, Montréal, QC, 2014 Huntington Ravine, Mount Washington, NH, 2013 Québec city, QC, 2012 Fernie, BC, 2011 Tuckerman Ravine, Mount Washington, NH, 2010 Mount Lafayette, NH, 2010 Cabot Trail, NS, 2010 Mont Orford, QC, 2009
Here are some pictures in various contexts.

Let me end by mentioning that I quite like coffee. I was inspired by another physicist, who gave ratings to various coffee shops and put that on his website. I will take the liberty of writing a top 3 of my own of the best coffee shops in the different cities/neighbourhoods I have had the chance to live in for a proper amount of time (thus having a more global appreciation of the coffee scene within that area):

Sherbrooke

  1. Café Hubert St-Jean
  2. Géogène Micro-torrefacteur
  3. Kaapeh Espresso

Montréal (principalement sur le Plateau et au centre-ville)

  1. Dispatch Coffee (probably my second favourite ever!)
  2. Pikolo Espresso Bar
  3. Café Myriade

Rive-Sud de Montréal

  1. N Latté (Longueuil)
  2. Café Pistache (St-Lambert)
  3. Saint Laurent Café (Boucherville)

Berlin (all neighbourhoods)

  1. Five Elephant (Kreuzberg) – probably my favourite ever!
  2. The Barn (Mitte)
  3. Bonanza Coffee (Prenzlauer Berg)

Berlin (only within Charlottenburg)

  1. Giro Coffee Bar
  2. Reeham Coffee
  3. Impala Coffee

Toronto (somewhat restricted to a very narrow geographical area near UofT)

  1. The Library Specialty Coffee
  2. Carbonic Coffee
  3. Thor Espresso Bar Queen West

Kitchener/Waterloo
upcoming…