Current Employment :
Research Director
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
Address:
Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse
CNRS & Université Paul Sabatier
31062 TOULOUSE Cedex 9, France
phone: TBD
fax: TBD
email: Pierre Degond
Education :
1979-1985 : Student at ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure, rue d'Ulm, Paris)
1980 : Graduation (Maîtrise) in Mathematics and Fundamental Applications, University Paris 6
1981 : Agrégation de Mathématiques (certication to teach in high-schools)
1982 : Masters (DEA) in Numerical Analysis, University Paris 6
1982-1983 : Army service as a teacher in Ecole Militaire in Paris
1983 : PhD (Thèse de troisième cycle) from Paris 6 prepared under the supervision of Prof. Claude Bardos on 'Existence et asymptotic behaviour of the solution of the linearized Vlasov-Poisson equation'
1989 : Habilitation (Certification to be a University Professor) from University Paris 6 on 'Kinetic theory of charged particle fluids: mathematical and numerical analysis and implementation of particle approximations'
Professional carrer :
1985-1990 : Research assistant (Chargé de Recherches) at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) in Mathematics at the Applied Math Centre (Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées) of Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau.
1990-1993 : Full Professor at ENS-Cachan (Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan)
1993-2013: Research Director at CNRS at the Institute of Mathematics of Toulouse
2013-2020: Chair Professor in Applied Mathematics, Imperial College London
2020-present: Research Director at CNRS at the Institute of Mathematics of Toulouse
Secondary employment :
1988-1990 : Adjunct Professor at Ecole Polytechnique in Palaiseau.
1988-1995 : Scientific Advisor at CEA (Atomic Energy Commissioner).
2002-2006 : Scientific collaborator at ONERA (aero-spatial research office), Toulouse branch.
2020-present: Visiting Professor, Imperial College London
Department of Mathematics
Prizes and awards :
1988: Bronze Medal of CNRS
1995: Prize 'Charles-Louis de Saulces de Freycinet', by the french Academy of Sciences
2010-2013: Scientific excellence award (Prime d'Excellence Scientifique, PES).
2018: invited speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians 2018 (Rio de Janeiro) in the Mathematics in Science and Technology section