23 Notable alumni of Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay
Updated: May 29, 2026 EliteDegrees
Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay is ranked #1,248 in the world and #48 in France by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Normal Superior School of Paris-Saclay won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Philippe Michel
1969-. (aged 57)
mathematician
Philippe Gabriel Michel is a French mathematician who holds the chair in analytic number theory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.
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2. François Pierrot
1961-. (aged 65)
engineer
François Pierrot is director of research in The Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics, and Microelectronics (LIRMM).
3. Patricia Bouyer-Decitre
1976-. (aged 50)
computer scientist
researcher
Patricia Bouyer-Decitre is a French theoretical computer scientist known for her research on timed automata, model checking, and temporal logic. She is a senior researcher for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and director of the Laboratoire Méthodes Formelles (Formal Methods Lab) of CNRS and the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay.
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4. Marc Fontecave
1956-. (aged 70)
university teacher
bioinorganic chemist
researcher
professor
chemist
Marc Fontecave is a French chemist. An international specialist in bioinorganic chemistry, he currently teaches at the Collège de France in Paris, where he heads the Laboratory of Chemistry of Biological Processes.
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5. Emmanuel Ullmo
1965-. (aged 61)
mathematician
Emmanuel Ullmo is a French mathematician, specialised in arithmetic geometry. Since 2013 he has served as director of the Institut des Hautes Études scientifiques.
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6. Elie Bursztein
1980-. (aged 46)
computer scientist
engineer
computer security
cryptographer
Elie Bursztein, is a French computer scientist and software engineer. He is Google and DeepMind AI cybersecurity technical and research lead.
7. Julie Battilana
1977-. (aged 49)
sociologist
economist
Julie Battilana is a scholar, educator, and advisor in the areas of social innovation and social change at Harvard University. She is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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8. Erwan Dianteill
1967-. (aged 59)
anthropologist
sociologist
Erwan Dianteill is a French sociologist and anthropologist, graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, holder of the aggregation in the Social Sciences, Doctor of Sociology and professor of Cultural and Social anthropology at the Sorbonne (University of Paris, est. 2019). He is also Senior Laureate of the Institut Universitaire de France since 2012 and Non-Resident Fellow of the W....
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9. Françoise Brochard-Wyart
1944-. (aged 82)
university teacher
theoretical physicist
physicist
Françoise Brochard-Wyart is a French theoretical physicist of soft matter. Currently, she is a emeritus professor of physical chemistry of Sorbonne University at the Curie Institute in Paris.
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10. Pierre Maille
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Pierre Maille is a French politician.
11. Philippe Aghion
1956-. (aged 70)
university teacher
economist
Philippe Mario Aghion FBA is a French economist who is Chair of Economics of Institutions, Innovation and Growth professor at the Collège de France and the Kurt Björklund Chaired Professor in Innovation and Growth at INSEAD. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
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12. Marie-Noëlle Lienemann
1951-. (aged 75)
university teacher
politician
Marie-Noëlle Lienemann is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the North West of France. Until 2018, she was a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.
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13. Luis Vassy
1980-. (aged 46)
diplomat
official
Luis Vassy is a French high ranking civil servant, diplomat, and director of Sciences Po.
14. Jacques Lévy
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
geographer
geopolitical analyst
Jacques Lévy is a professor of geography and urbanism at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. He is the director of Chôros Laboratory and of the Doctoral Program in Architecture and Science of the City. He is the cofounder of the scientific journal EspacesTemps.net ( ISSN 1777-5477). He published in French,...
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15. Marc Yor
1949-2014 (aged 65)
mathematician
university teacher
Marc Yor was a French mathematician well known for his work on stochastic processes, especially properties of semimartingales, Brownian motion and other Lévy processes, the Bessel processes, and their applications to mathematical finance.
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16. Geoffroy de Lagasnerie
1981-. (aged 45)
sociologist
philosopher
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie is a French philosopher and sociologist.
17. Gabriel Zucman
1986-. (aged 40)
university teacher
economist
Gabriel Zucman is a French economist known for his expertise on tax havens. He has been a chaired professor at the Paris School of Economics since 2023, Summer Research Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, and the director of the EU Tax Observatory in Paris.
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18. Sylvie Retailleau
1965-. (aged 61)
professor of physics
professeur des universités
physicist
Sylvie Retailleau is a French physicist and politician who has been serving as Minister of Higher Education in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 20 May 2022. She served as president of Paris-Sud University from 2016 to 2022.
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19. Alain Aspect
1947-. (aged 79)
physicist
researcher
Alain Aspect is a French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement.
20. Bernard Charlès
1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson
engineer
Bernard Charlès is a French business executive. He is the Chairman of the board of directors of Dassault Systèmes, "the 3DEXPERIENCE Company", world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mock-up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Charlès is the 13th best-performing CEO in the world according to the Harvard Business Review 2017 ranking. In 2018 Dassault Systèmes was named...
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21. Thomas Cazenave
1978-. (aged 48)
official
politician
cadres de la fonction publique
Thomas Cazenave is a French civil servant and politician of the Renaissance party who served as Minister in charge of Public Accounts in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from 2023 to 2024.
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22. Emmanuel Trélat
1974-. (aged 52)
mathematician
university teacher
Emmanuel Trélat is a French mathematician.
23. Jakob von Weizsäcker
1970-. (aged 56)
university teacher
economist
politician
Jakob von Weizsäcker is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President of the Saarland Anke Rehlinger since the 2022 state elections.
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