Georges Skandalis (Greek: Γεώργιος Σκανδάλης; born 5 November 1955, in Athens) is a Greek and French mathematician, known for his work on noncommutative geometry and operator algebras. After following secondary education and classes préparatoires scientifiques in the parisian Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Skandalis studied from 1975 at 1979 at l’École Normale Supérieure de la rue d’Ulm with agrégation in 1977. From 1979 he was an at the University of Paris VI, where under Alain Connes in 1986 he earned his doctorate (doctorat d´État). From 1980 to 1988 he was attaché de recherches and then chargé de recherches at CNRS and as of 1988 Professor at the University of Paris VII (in the Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu).