Alice Guionnet, mathematician, an elected member of the French Academy of Sciences
"Working as a researcher is fantastic and it gives you exceptional freedom". The ENS de Lyon interviews the mathematician Alice Guionnet. (Photo credit: Bryce Vickmark) Alice Guionnet, CNRS research director at the UMPA laboratory (ENS de Lyon, CNRS) and CNRS silver medal winner, has just been elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences. After a silver medal from the CNRS in 2010, The "Académie des sciences" has opened its doors to you. You are a young academic! What do you think about this recognition? It is a great honor, a great pleasure but also a big responsibility. It is also true that it makes me feel younger: it's been a while since I have considered myself as being a new recruit! - How can this recognition boost/give additional support to your research work? I'm happy to join a team of distinguished researchers from all sciences. I very much hope to work with them.

