Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (born 21 July 1947) is a French mathematician, working in the field of differential geometry. Biography Born in Lyon, he studied at École Polytechnique in Palaiseau, graduating in 1969. For his graduate studies he went to Paris Diderot University, where he obtained his PhD in 1974 under the direction of Marcel Berger. He was president of the Société Mathématique de France from 1990 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998, he was president of the European Mathematical Society. He was director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques near Paris from 1994 to 2013. Between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2019 he was the President of the European Research Council. Selected publications Articles with H. Blaine Lawson and James Simons: with H. Blaine Lawson: with Jean-Pierre Ezin: Books with Oussama Hijazi, Jean-Louis Milhorat, Andrei Moroianu and Sergiu Moroianu: as editor with Rolf Jeltsch, Alberto Adrego Pinto, and Marcelo Viana: References External links An Interview with Jean-Pierre Bourguignon 1947 births Living people Scientists from Lyon 20th-century French mathematicians 21st-century French mathematicians École Polytechnique alumni Paris Diderot University alumni Academic staff of École Polytechnique Academic staff of the University of Paris Differential geometers Members of Academia Europaea Presidents of the European Mathematical Society