Colette Guillopé

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

Early life

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

Education

Guillopé earned a diplôme d'études approfondies. In 1977, Guillopé earned her doctorate at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.[1] She completed a thèse d'état in 1983 from the University of Paris-Sud under the supervision of Roger Temam.[4]

Career

Guillopé was a founding member of L'association femmes et mathématiques in 1987,[1] 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.[3]

She was president of French women mathematicians.

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References
  1. Huguenin, Chloé (March 10, 2016), "Colette Guillopé, Number Woman", Science Actualités (in French)
  2. Member profile, Paris 12 University, retrieved 2017-08-03.
  3. 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.
  4. Colette Guillopé at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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