François Labourie

François Labourie (born 15 December 1960) is a French mathematician who has made various contributions to geometry, including pseudoholomorphic curves, Anosov diffeomorphisms, and convex geometry. In a series of papers with Yves Benoist and Patrick Foulon, he solved a conjecture on Anosov flows in compact contact manifolds.

François Labourie
Born	(1960-12-15) 15 December 1960 (age 64) Rouen, Upper Normandy, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Paris Diderot University
Awards	Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. (2016) Carrière Prize (1993) EMS Prize (1992)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Paris-Sud 11 University
Thesis	Géométrie et topologie des surfaces localement convexes: limite d'immersions isométriques  (1987)
Doctoral advisor	Mikhail Gromov Marcel Berger

He was educated at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris Diderot University, where he earned his Ph.D. in 1987 under supervision of Mikhail Gromov and Marcel Berger.^[1] In 1992 he was awarded one of the inaugural prizes of the European Mathematical Society. In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.^[2]