Editing Alain Connes (section)

==Career==
Alain Connes attended high school at {{Interlanguage link|Lycée Saint-Charles (Marseille)|lt=Lycée Saint-Charles|fr|Lycée Saint-Charles (Marseille)}} in Marseille, and was then a student of the [[Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles|classes préparatoires]] in {{Interlanguage link|Lycée Thiers|lt=Lycée Thiers|fr}}. Between 1966 and 1970 he studied at [[École normale supérieure (Paris)|École normale supérieure]] in Paris, and in 1973 he obtained a PhD from [[Pierre and Marie Curie University]], under the supervision of [[Jacques Dixmier]].<ref name=":0" />

From 1970 to 1974 he was research fellow at the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]] and during 1975 he held a visiting position at [[Queen's University at Kingston]] in Canada.<ref name="Alain Connes 2021">{{cite web |date=2021-04-22 |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://alainconnes.org/cv/ |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Alain Connes}}</ref>

In 1976 he returned to France and worked as professor at Pierre and Marie Curie University until 1980 and at [[French National Centre for Scientific Research|CNRS]] between 1981 and 1984. Moreover, since 1979 he holds the Léon Motchane Chair at [[Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques|IHES]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alain Connes, emeritus professor since 2017 |url=https://www.ihes.fr/en/professeur/alain-connes-2/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[IHES]]}}</ref> From 1984 until his retirement in 2017 he held the chair of Analysis and Geometry at [[Collège de France]].<ref name="Alain Connes 2021" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=Alain Connes |url=https://www.college-de-france.fr/fr/chaire/alain-connes-analyse-et-geometrie-chaire-statutaire/biography |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[Collège de France]] |language=fr}}</ref>

In parallel, he was awarded a distinguished professorship at [[Vanderbilt University]] between 2003 and 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |last3=Pm |first3=1:24 |date=4 September 2003 |title=World-class mathematician joins Vanderbilt faculty |url=https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2003/09/04/world-class-mathematician-joins-vanderbilt-faculty-59929/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |publisher=[[Vanderbilt University]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and at [[Ohio State University]] between 2012 and 2021.