CURRICULUM VITAE

Born : October 14, 1938 (Paris, France)

Citizenship : French

Education :

	1959-1961	: École Polytechnique, Paris
	1962-1964	: École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
	1964-1966	: Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, U.S.A.
	1966	: Ph.D., Thesis advisor : R.S. VARGA
	1971	: Doctorat d’État, University of Paris, Thesis advisor : J.-L. LIONS

Main Positions :

	1974-2002	: Professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
	2002-present	: Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong

Other Positions :

	1966-1973	: Head of the Department of Mathematics, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris
	1967-1985	: Maître de Conférences at l’École Polytechnique (part-time appointment)
	1974-1994	: Scientific consultant at the I.N.R.I.A.
	1978-1987	: Professor at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris (half-time appointment)
	1981-1992	: Head, Laboratoire d’Analyse Numérique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie

Distinctions :

	Member of the French Legion of Honor, 1999.
	Member, Academia Europaea, 1989.
	Member, French Academy of Sciences, 1991.
	Member, Romanian Academy, 1996.
	Member, French Academy of Technologies, 2000.
	Member, National Academy of Sciences of India, 2001.
	Member, European Academy of Sciences, 2003.
	Member, TWAS: The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, 2007.
	Poncelet Prize, French Academy of Sciences, 1981.
	Grand Prize (Prix Jaffé), French Academy of Sciences, 1989.
	Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 1996.
	Gold Medal, University of Santiago de Compostela, 1997.
	Shanghai Prize for International Cooperation in Science and Technology, 2007.
	SIAM Fellowship, 2009.
	"Honorary Professor", Fudan University, Shanghai, 1994.
	"Senior" Member, Institut Universitaire de France, 1996-2002.
	"Honorary Professor", "Transilvania" University, Brasov, 1998.
	Doctor "Honoris Causa", "Ovidius" University, Constantza, 1999.
	Professor Emeritus, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 2002.
	Doctor "Honoris Causa", University of Bucharest, 2005.
	"Honorary Professor", Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2006.
	Doctor "Honoris Causa", University of Craiova, 2007.
	Doctor "Honoris Causa", University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, 2007.