Isabelle Gallagher

Isabelle Gallagher
Born	(1973-10-27) 27 October 1973 (age 51) Cagnes-sur-Mer
Nationality	French
Awards	Prix Paul Doistau–Émile Blutet
Academic background
Alma mater	Pierre and Marie Curie University
Doctoral advisor	Jean-Yves Chemin
Academic work
Discipline	Mathematics
Sub-discipline	Partial differential equations
Institutions	Paris Diderot University French National Centre for Scientific Research

Isabelle Gallagher (born 27 October 1973) is a French mathematician. Her research concerns partial differential equations such as the Navier–Stokes equations, the wave equation, and the Schrödinger equation, as well as harmonic analysis of the Heisenberg group.[1][2]

Education and career

Gallagher was born on 27 October 1973, in Cagnes-sur-Mer.[3] She earned her PhD from Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1998. Her dissertation, supervised by Jean-Yves Chemin, concerned fluid dynamics.[4]

She worked at the French Centre national de la recherche scientifique and then, in 2004, became a professor at Paris Diderot University.[1]

She was elected president of the Société mathématique de France in june 2024.

Recognition

In 2008, the French Academy of Sciences awarded her the Prix Paul Doistau–Émile Blutet.[2] She was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2014.[5] She won the CNRS Silver Medal in 2016.[6]

References

1. Ferrand, Emmanuel (5 April 2009), "Rencontre avec Isabelle Gallagher" [Meeting with Isabelle Galagher], Images des mathématiques: La recherche mathématique en mots et en images (in French), CNRS, archived from the original on 23 July 2019, retrieved 2 April 2016.
2. Isabelle Gallagher rewarded by the Academy of Sciences, Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, archived from the original on 3 June 2016, retrieved 3 October 2015.
3. Curriculum vitae: Isabelle Gallagher (PDF), retrieved 3 October 2015.
4. Isabelle Gallagher at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
5. ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897, International Mathematical Union, archived from the original on 24 November 2017, retrieved 3 October 2015.
6. Médailles d'argent, de bronze et de cristal, CNRS, Inst. nat. des sciences mathématiques et de leurs interactions, 26 February 2016, retrieved 27 February 2016.