 He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Paris in 1979 under the supervision of Max Karoubi and Roger Godement, with a dissertation titled "K-Théorie des anneaux d'entiers de corps de nombres et cohomologie étale".In 1979, he was awarded a CNRS Bronze Medal.He received the Prix J. Ponti in 1985 and the Prize Ampère in 1993.