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Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

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Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Jean-Pierre Bourguignon in 2017.
Born (1947-07-21) 21 July 1947 (age 77)
Lyon, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
Paris Diderot University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique
Doctoral advisorMarcel Berger
Doctoral studentsOsmo Pekonen

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (born 21 July 1947) is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry.

He was president of the Société Mathématique de France from 1990 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998, he was president of the European Mathematical Society. He was director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris from 1994 to 2013. Between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2019 he was the President of the European Research Council.