Hon. Mr. Dr. Pierre Joliot-Curie

Dr. PIERRE JOLIOT-CURIE

• Born in Paris, France, 1932.

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

• Bachelor of Science, Faculty of Science, University of Paris (1956).
• Doctorate in Science, Faculty of Science, University of Paris (1960).

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

• Researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (1954–1981).
• Director of Research at CNRS (1974).
• Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Cellular Bioenergetics (1981–2002).
• Head of the Photosynthesis Department at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology (1968–1997).
• Research and Technology Adviser in the Office of Prime Minister Laurent Fabius (July 1985 – March 1986).
• Chairman of the Scientific Committee on Forest Decline Research (1986).
• Head of the Biology Department at the École Normale Supérieure of Paris (1987–1992).
• Member of the National Committee for Research Evaluation (1989–1992).
• Chairman of the Scientific Council of the École Normale Supérieure of Lyon (1993–1997).
• Administrator of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology (1994–1996).
• Director of IFR 550 CNRS (1997–2000).
• President of the CNRS Committee on Ethics in Science (COMETS) (1998–2001).
• President of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation for the Development of Scientific Research (2003–2007).
• Honorary Professor at the Collège de France.
• Member of the Institut de France (Academy of Sciences) (1982).
• Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1979).
• Member of the European Academy (1989).
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (1993).
• Member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee for Life and Health Sciences (2008–2009).

AWARDS AND HONOURS

• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2012).
• Commander of the National Order of Merit (1994).
• Pollicard-Lacassagne Prize (1968).
• Charles F. Kettering Prize (1970).
• Atomic Energy Commission Award (1980).
• Gold Medal of the CNRS (1982).