Colette Guillopé


Colette Guillopé is a French mathematician specializing in partial differential equations and fluid mechanics. She is a professor at Paris 12 Val de Marne University, where she is also the gender officer for the university.

Early life

Guillopé's parents were both professors. She studied at the.

Education

Guillopé earned a diplôme d'études approfondies. In 1977, Guillopé earned her doctorate at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique. She completed a thèse d'état in 1983 from the University of Paris-Sud under the supervision of Roger Temam.

Career

Guillopé was a founding member of L'association femmes et mathématiques in 1987, 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.
She was president of French women mathematicians.