Hon. Mr. Dr. Pierre Joliot-Curie

Pierre Joliot-Curie studied at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris: Bachelor of Science (1956), Doctorate of Science (1960) and is Honorary Professor at the Collège de France.

Carrer:

• Researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) (1954-1981)
• CNRS Research Director (1974)
• Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Cellular Bioenergetics (1981-2002)
• Director of the Photosynthesis Department of the Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology (1968-1997)
• Advisor in charge of research and technology issues in the office of Prime Minister Laurent Fabius (July 1985-March 1986)
• President of the Scientific Research Committee on the Death of Forests (1986)
• Director of the Department of Biology at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (1987-1992)
• Member of the National Research Evaluation Committee (1989-1992)
• President of the Scientific Council of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (1993-1997)
• The Administrator of the Institute of Physical-Chemical Biology (1994-1996)
• Director of IFR 550 CNRS (1997-2000)
• President of the Committee of Ethics of Sciences of the CNRS – COMETS – (1998-2001)
• President of the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation for the Development of Scientific Research (2003-2007)

Awards and distinctions:

• Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor (2012)
• Commander of the National Order of Merit (1994)
• Pollicard-Lacassagne Award (1968)
• Charles F. Kettering Award (1970)
• Atomic Energy Commission Award (1980)
• CNRS Gold Medal (1982)
• Member of the Institute (Academy of Sciences) (1982)
• Associate Member of the US 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 National Advisory Committee on Ethics of Life and Health Sciences (2008-2009)