The Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
This chair was created in 2006 thanks to the trust and support of Schlumberger and is dedicated to topics at the interface with high technology. More information.
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Alexis Vasseur
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Mathematician Alexis Vasseur studies the equations governing fluids to understand how complex phenomena such as shocks, turbulence, and singularities emerge and evolve.
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Carlos Kenig
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Carlos E. Kenig, an internationally renowned mathematician, is recognized for his pioneering contributions to harmonic analysis and partial differential equations, particularly in the study of nonlinear dispersive equations.
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Emanuel Katz
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Theoretical physicist Emanuel Katz explores the connections between quantum field theory, particle physics, and condensed matter, developing new tools to understand strongly correlated quantum systems.
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Jesse Thaler
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Jesse Thaler, a theoretical physicist at MIT and holder of the Schlumberger Chair at IHES, works at the intersection of quantum field theory and artificial intelligence, developing new approaches to uncover the mysteries of fundamental physics.
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Kenji Nakanishi
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Mathematician Kenji Nakanishi studies nonlinear wave equations to understand how phenomena such as solitons, scattering, and blow-up emerge and evolve.
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Yu Deng
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Mathematician Yu Deng studies how microscopic interactions between particles give rise to the macroscopic laws governing gases, fluids, and waves, research that earned him the 2026 Fields Medal.
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Yves Barral
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Yves Barral works in biology, guided by the question of the links between mathematics and biology, and why these links remain confused and little explored.
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Clément Mouhot
Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Clément Mouhot is a professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He is interested in the mathematical analysis of the foundations of statistical mechanics, at the interface of partial differential equations, probabilities, and functional inequalities.
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Robert C. Penner
The Schlumberger Chair for Mathematical Sciences
Robert C. Penner is Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Schlumberger chair for mathematical sciences former holders
2022 : Thierry Coquand, mathematician, professor at University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
2018-2020 : Nader Masmoudi, mathematician, professor at Courant Institute de New York (USA)
2018-2019 : Gilles Blanchard, mathematician, professor at université Paris-Saclay (France)
2017 : Raymond E. Goldstein, mathematician, Schlumberger professor of Complex Physical Systems at University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
2017 : Annick Harel-Bellan, biologist, research director at CNRS (France)
2015-2016 : Francis Bach, mathematician, professor at INRIA (France)
2016 : Felix Otto, mathematician, director of Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften (Germany)
2011 : Stéphane Mallat, mathematician, professor at Ecole polytechnique (France)
2010-2014 : Josselin Garnier, mathematician, professor at université Paris-Diderot – Paris 7 (France)
2010-2014 : George Papanicolaou, mathematician, professor at Stanford University (United States)
