Lucien Szpiro

Lucien Szpiro
Szpiro at the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
Born	(1941-12-23)23 December 1941 Paris, France
Died	18 April 2020(2020-04-18) (aged 78) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Paris-Sud University
Known for	Szpiro's conjecture
Awards	Prix Doistau–Blutel (1987) Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012) Member of the Academia Europaea
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	CUNY Graduate Center French National Centre for Scientific Research
Doctoral advisor	Pierre Samuel
Doctoral students	Ahmed Abbes Emmanuel Ullmo Shou-Wu Zhang

Lucien Szpiro (23 December 1941 – 18 April 2020) was a French mathematician known for his work in number theory, arithmetic geometry, and commutative algebra. He formulated Szpiro's conjecture and was a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center and an emeritus Director of Research [fr] at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.