Alain Fuchs graduated as a Chemical engineer (1975) at
EPFL. He was also a postdoctoral fellow at the
University of Edinburgh (1984–1985).
Career Fuchs joined CNRS in 1985 as a research fellow. He became a research director in 1991. In 1995, he became chemistry professor at Université Paris-Sud. Between 2000 and 2005, he set up and directed the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry (UMR 8000) at Campus d'Orsay. He also worked as the President of the
agrégation in chemistry from 1998 to 2001 and he directed the Section 13 of the Comité national de la recherche scientifique between 2004 and 2008. He was also Professor at the
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) in thermodynamics and statistical thermodynamics, intermolecular and surface forces, molecular simulation techniques, history of chemistry and physical chemistry. He served as the president of Chimie ParisTech from 2006 to 2010. Fuchs's mandate ended in 2014. After holding the position in interim for one month, he was appointed again by the Ministry of Higher Education. In October 2017, Fuchs quit the position of CNRS President and became the President of
Université PSL (collegiate university including 9 members and 10 associate members). == Fields of research ==