Cedric Villani#
| Membership Number: | 3440 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | MATHEMATICS |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://cedricvillani.org |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2010 Professor of mathematics, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I
- 2000 - 2010 Professor of mathematics, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
- since 2009 Director of the Institut Henri Poincaré (IHP), Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Partial differential equations of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, in particular Boltzmann-like equations
- Logarithmic Sobolev inequalities
- Functional concentration of measure
- Optimal transport
- Qualitative properties of kinetic equations of granular media
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Legion of Honor
- 2010 Fields Medal
- 2009 Fermat Prize
- 2009 Henri Poincaré Prize of the International Association of Mathematical Physics
- 2009 Knight of the National Order of Merit
- 2008 Prize of the European Mathematical Society
- 2007 Jacques Herbrand Prize of the French Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Invited lecturer at the International Congress of Mathematicians
- 2004 Harold Grad lecturer
- 2003 Plenary lecturer at the International Congress of Mathematical Physics
- 2003 Peccot-Vimont Prize and Cours Peccot of the Collège de France
- 2001 Louis Armand Prize of the Academy of Sciences
