of universities in France and in the 201-300 band of world universities by Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021. Notable faculty Mathematics Geneviève Comte-Bellot (born 1929) - physicist John Adrian Bondy (born 1942) - mathematician Michelle Schatzman (1949-2010) - mathematician Jean-Louis Nicolas - number theorist Pierre Auger (born 1953) - bio-mathematician Fokko du Cloux (1954-2006) - Dutch mathematician and computer scientist Christian Krattenthaler (born 1958) - mathematician Marta Macho Stadler (born 1962) - Basque mathematician Marie-France Sagot - computational biologist Isabelle Daniel - mineralogist Marivi Fernández-Serra - physicist Tuna Altınel (born 1966) - mathematician Sylvie Benzoni (born 1967) - mathematician Vincent Calvez (born 1981) - mathematician Medicine Antonin Poncet (1849-1913) - surgeon Jean-Louis Touraine (born 1945) - professor of medicine Gilles Salles - haematologist Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (born 1957) - oncologist and politician Patrick Froehlich (born 1961) - physician and novelist David Servan-Schreiber (1961-2011) - physician and neuroscientist Notable alumni Academic Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (born 1939) - paleontologist Christian Dumas (born 1943) - biologist Jean Bellissard (born 1946) - mathematical physicist Francis Clarke (born 1948) - mathematician Rabesa Zafera Antoine (born 1950) - plant biologist, university president Muhammad Baydoun (1952-2022) - Lebanese mathematician and politician Jean Decety (born 1960) - neuroscientist Uwe Rau - German physicist Teresa Torres - Chilean paleontologist Raphaèle Herbin - mathematician Nouria Salehi - Afghan-Australian nuclear physicist, biophysicist and humanitarian Patrick Mehlen (born 1968) - biologist Hélène Courtois (born 1970) - astrophysicist Catherine Tallon-Baudry - electrophysiologist Theodora Hatziioannou - virologist Sports Ahmad Ahmad (born 1959) - Malagasy football manager and politician Louisa Cadamuro (born 1967) - professional footballer Gwendal Peizerat (born 1972) - ice dancer Romain Haguenauer (born 1976) - ice dancing coach Assile Toufaily (born 1996) - footballer Other André Vansteenberghe (1906-1984) - physician and member of French resistance Alice Vansteenberghe (1908-1991) - physician and member of French resistance Sami Khiyami (born 1948) - Syrian engineer and diplomat Yasmine Motarjemi (born 1955) - food safety specialist Marine Lorphelin (born 1993) - model and beauty pageant title holder See also List of colleges and universities List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) References Nataly Mermet, Équation : 40 ans d'innovation à l'Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Glénat, 2011. External links Universities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Villeurbanne Bernard University Lyon 1 Buildings and structures in Rhône (department) Educational institutions established in 1971 1971 establishments in France