Alain Connes

Fields Medal Crafoord Prize, CNRS Gold Medal, Ampère Prize, CNRS Silver Medal

Alain Connes is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University.
He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. Connes was awarded the Peccot-Vimont Prize in 1976 the Ampère Prize in 1980, the Fields Medal in 1982, the Clay Research Award in 2000 and the Crafoord Prize in 2001. The French National Centre for Scientific Research granted him the silver medal in 1977 and the gold medal in 2004.