Vincent Lafforgue

Vincent Lafforgue is a CNRS Researcher at the Institute Fourier, Université Grenoble Alpes, specializing in Algebraic Geometry and the Langlands Program. His work bridges mathematical physics, K-theory, and non-Archimedean geometry. Notably, he proved the Baum-Connes conjecture for certain discrete groups and established global Langlands correspondence for function fields.

• Education: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École normale supérieure, University of Paris
• Advisor: Jean-Benoît Bost

His research spans geometric representation theory, operator algebras, and geometric group theory. Recent publications focus on Shtukas for reductive groups and their role in global Langlands parameterization. Earlier works include proofs of property (T) variants and counterexamples to the Baum-Connes conjecture.

Scientific awards include:

• EMS Prize (2000)
• CNRS Silver Medal (2015)
• Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (2019)

Lafforgue served as Plenary Speaker at ICM 2018 and co-organized the 2010 meeting Groups and Large-Scale Geometry. His technical contributions extend to p-adic valuations and automorphic form eigenvalues.