Alain Fuchs (born April 10, 1953 in Lausanne) is a Swiss-born French Doctor of Science and chemistry Professor, specialized in molecular simulation.
He is also university administrator.
He served as the president of Chimie ParisTech from 2006 to 2010.
He has served as the president of the French National Centre for Scientific Research from 2010 to 2017.' He became an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2014.Since 24 October 2017, he is president of PSL Research University (Paris Sciences & Lettres).