Claire Voisin is the laureate of the CNRS 2016 gold medal

The mathematician, a specialist in algebraic geometry, is the laureate of the CNRS 2016 gold medal, the highest distinction in France. A CNRS researcher for around thirty years, she now holds the Chair in Algebraic Geometry at the Collège de France.

From 2007 to 2009 she was a CNRS research Director at IHES and she is still the managing editor of the Publications Mathématiques de l’IHES.

This award honors her major contributions to complex algebraic geometry and recognises the originality and diversity of her work, that gave her an exceptional influence on the international scene.

IHES is happy about this distinction and congratulates her! ­