| Virginie Bonnaillie-Noël | |
| Birth Name: | Virginie Bonnaillie |
| Birth Date: | 3 October 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Calais, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Alma Mater: | Paris-Sud University Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay |
| Occupation: | Mathematician and research director |
| Known For: | Irène-Joliot-Curie Prize |
Virginie Bonnaillie-Noël (born on 3 October 1976 in Calais) is a French mathematician and research director specializing in numerical analysis. Her research topics concern partial differential equations, asymptotic, spectral and numerical analysis of problems arising from physics or mechanics.
After completing her preparatory classes at Faidherbe high school in Lille between 1994 and 1997, Bonnaillie-Noël entered Paris-Sud University where she obtained a bachelor's degree in 1998 and a master's degree in 1999. The same year, she was admitted to the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS) where she obtained the aggregation in 2000 with the option of numerical analysis. In 2001, she obtained a Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Numerical Analysis and Partial Differential Equations.[1]
Between 2001 and 2003 she completed a thesis (as Virginie Bonnaillie) under the supervision of François Alouges and Bernard Helffer titled Mathematical analysis of superconductivity in a corner domain: semi-classical and numerical methods, which explored interdisciplinarity between physics and mathematics, at the border of numerical analysis, partial differential equations and spectral theory.[2]
In 2004, she joined the Mathematical Research Institute of Rennes (IRMAR) as a research fellow. In 2011, she obtained authorization to direct research at the University of Rennes I. In 2014, she left IRMAR to direct research in the Mathematics and Applications Department of ENS.
In addition to her official work, Bonnaillie-Noël has frequently spoken about gender parity in science and research to encourage more young people to participate in the sciences.