Franck Leprévost
Former Vice Rector of University of Luxembourg, Professor at the University of Luxembourg
Before coming to Luxembourg, Prof. Leprévost previously held academic positions in France (CNRS Paris, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble), and in Germany (Max Planck-Institut für Mathematik Bonn, Technische Universität Berlin). He holds a PhD and a Habilitation in Mathematics. He is member of the board of LuxTrust S.A. since 2005. Luxtrust, a company funded by the State, the SNCI (the national Fund) and the major banks present in the country, is the national trusted-third party for digital certificates and provides a shared infrastructure for online banking. Between January 2010 and December 2014, he was member of the scientific Board of the Fonds National de la Recherche. He is since January 2016 member of the Steering Committee of UNICA. The year 2016 is also devoted to a sabbatical period at the European Investment Bank and at the Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University. He remains in charge of the rankings of the University of Luxembourg (N° 193 for the World University Ranking, 2nd most international worldwide, and N° 14 among the universities less than 50 years old according to Times Higher Education).