Paul Piché studied Physics and Chemistry before obtaining a Master's degree in Physics of Energy and Energy Transition (PEnTE) at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse.
He completed a thesis at the Laboratoire de Thermique Énergétique et Procédés (LaTEP) in Pau, under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Bédécarrats, Stéphane Gibout and Didier Haillot.
He is now a post-doctoral fellow at the Ecole Technologie Supérieure de Montréal. He is working on the SEQINEQ 'Energy' project and his subject is the energy optimisation of greenhouses in a circumpolar environment in order to increase the plant production period and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.