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.