Gérard Laumon

Gérard Laumon
Born 1952 (age 59–60)
Lyon
Nationality  France
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Paris-Sud 11 University
Alma mater École Normale Supérieure
Paris-Sud 11 University
Doctoral advisor Luc Illusie
Doctoral students Laurent Lafforgue
Ngô Bảo Châu
Known for Works on Langlands program
Notable awards Clay Research Award (2004)

Gérard Laumon (born 1952 in Lyon) is a French mathematician. He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and Paris-Sud 11 University, Orsay.

In 2004 Laumon and Ngô Bảo Châu received the Clay Research Award for the proof of the Langlands and Shelstad's Fundamental Lemma for unitary groups, a key component in the Langlands program in number theory.

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