Nalini Anantharaman

Nalini Florence Anantharaman (born 26 February 1976) is an Indian-French mathematician known for her work in mathematical physics and analysis. She is currently a professor at the University of Strasbourg. She has won major prizes for her work, including the Henri Poincaré Prize in 2012.

Life Nalini Florence Anantharaman was born in Paris in 1976 to two mathematicians of Indian-origin. Her father and her mother are Professors at the University of Orléans. She entered Ecole Normale Supérieure in 1994. She completed her Ph.D. in Paris under the supervision of François Ledrappier in 2000 at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6). Anantharaman was included for her work in "quantum chaos, dynamical systems and Schrödinger equations, including a remarkable advance in the problem of quantum unique ergodicity". In 2011 she won the Salem Prize which is awarded for work associated with Fourier Series. She also received the from the French Academy of Sciences in 2011. In 2015, Anantharaman was elected to be a member of the Academia Europaea. She was an invited plenary speaker at the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians.

In 2018, for her work related to “Quantum Chaos”, Anantharaman won the Infosys Prize (in Mathematical Sciences category), one of the highest monetary awards in India that recognize excellence in science and research. In 2020 she received the Nemmers Prize in Mathematics.

Selected writings