Vabereki vake vaive Jacques-Louis Lions, nyanzvi yemasvomhu uye panguva iyoyo purofesa paYunivhesiti yeNancy, uyo akazova Mutungamiri weInternational Mathematical Union, naAndrée Olivier, mudzimai wake. Akapedza kudzidza kuEcole normale supérieure muna 1977 (gore rimwe chete naJean-Christophe Yoccoz, mumwe Fields Medalist). Kuramba kutora kuunganidzwa muMathematics, akasarudza kuita tsvakurudzo mumasvomhu akashandiswa uye akawana dhigirii rake kubva kuYunivhesiti yePierre naMarie Curie muna 1979. Lions akagamuchira Fields Medal, nekuda kwebasa rake pane dzidziso yezvisina mutsetse zvikamu zvekusiyanisa, muna 1994 achishanda paYunivhesiti yeParis-Dauphine. Akanga ari wekutanga kupa mhinduro yakakwana kuBoltzmann equation nekuratidzira. Mimwe mibairo inosanganisira iyo IBM Lions Prize muna 1987 uye Philip Morris Prize muna 1991. Akakokwa seMudzidzisi weNational College of Conservation kuParis University (2000), uye anoonekwa seMudzidzisi weNational College of Conservation kuParis Polytechnic University
Purofesa wePartial differential equations nemashandisirwo azvo