Q:Facts:   - known for: proof of serre 's conjecture    - fields: mathematics    - workplaces: university of strasbourg    - doctoral advisor: jean-marc fontaine      - awards: cole prize -lrb- 2011 -rrb-    - birth date: 1954    - name: jean-pierre wintenberger    - nationality: france    - birth place: neuilly-sur-seine    - alma mater: joseph fourier university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jean-pierre wintenberger .
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jean-pierre wintenberger -lrb- born 1954 -rrb- is a french mathematician , and currently a professor of mathematics at the university of strasbourg .he was corecipient of the 2011 cole prize in number theory , along with chandrashekhar khare , for his proof of serre 's modularity conjecture .wintenberger earned his ph.d. at joseph fourier university in 1984 , under supervision of jean-marc fontaine .