Colette Guillopé

Colette Guillopé (born 1951[1]) is a French mathematician specializing in partial differential equations and fluid mechanics.[2] She is a professor emerita[3][4] at Paris 12 Val de Marne University,[5] where she is also the gender officer for the university.[6]

Early life

Guillopé's parents were both professors. She studied at the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses [fr].

Education

Guillopé earned a diplôme d'études approfondies. In 1977, Guillopé earned her doctorate at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.[2] She completed a thèse d'état in 1983 from the University of Paris-Sud under the supervision of Roger Temam.[7]

Career

Guillopé was a founding member of L'association femmes et mathématiques in 1987,[2] and was its president from 1996 to 1998. She also led the association femmes & sciences from 2004 to 2008. In 2016 she became an officer in the Legion of Honour after already being a knight in the Legion.[6]

She was president of French women mathematicians.

References

  1. ^ Tartar, Luc (2006-08-25). An Introduction to Navier-Stokes Equation and Oceanography. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 146. ISBN 978-3-540-36545-7.
  2. ^ a b c Huguenin, Chloé (March 10, 2016), "Colette Guillopé, Number Woman", Science Actualités (in French), archived from the original on August 4, 2017, retrieved August 3, 2017
  3. ^ "Colette Guillopé". European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  4. ^ "Colette Guillopé". Université Gustave Eiffel (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  5. ^ Member profile Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, Paris 12 University, retrieved 2017-08-03.
  6. ^ a b colette guillopé, officer of the legion of honour Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine, European Women in Mathematics, January 1, 2016, retrieved 2017-08-03.
  7. ^ Colette Guillopé at the Mathematics Genealogy Project