Alice Guionnet
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Alice Guionnet | |
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Born | May 24, 1969 |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Awards | Rollo Davidson Prize (2003) Loève Prize (2009) Simons Investigator (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | ENS (Lyon) |
Doctoral advisor | Gérard Ben Arous |
Alice Guionnet (born 24 May 1969)[1] is a French mathematician known for her work in probability theory, in particular on large random matrices. For her contributions, she won the 2009 Loève Prize.[2]
In 2012 she became a Simons Investigator.[3]
Life
Guionnet entered the École Normale Supérieure (Paris) in 1989. She earned her PhD in 1995 under the supervision of Gérard Ben Arous at University of Paris-Sud. She has held positions at the Courant Institute, Berkeley, MIT, and ENS (Paris). She is currently a Director of Research at ENS (Lyon).[4]