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Born March 5, 1965 in London, England. Edith Heard trained as a geneticist. She studied natural sciences at Cambridge University in the UK, and completed her doctorate at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. Edith Heard joined the Institut Pasteur …
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Jean Guilaine joined the CNRS in 1963 as a research associate, and left the organization in 1993 with the rank of research director of exceptional rank. In 1978, he became director of studies at the É cole des hautes études en sciences sociales (chair …
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Born in 1936 in Carthage (Tunisia). Education and professional career From an early age, Claude Hagège lived in an environment conducive to the discovery of many languages. His later studies (entrance to the École normale supérieure in 1955) and the …
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Maurice Halbwachs was born on March 11 1877. A French sociologist and disciple of Émile Durkheim, he is the author of Les Cadres sociaux de la mémoire , his major work on what Maurice Halbwachs referred to as " la mémoire collective ". A universal …
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Born in Casablanca in 1944, Serge Haroche studied at the École normale supérieure (ENS). He was a researcher at the CNRS, lecturer at the École Polytechnique, professor at the University of Paris-VI and member of the Institut de France. He taught for …
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Jean-Baptiste Guillon is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and holds a doctorate from the University of Nantes. He was formerly Professor Tiercelin's assistant at the Metaphysics and Philosophy of Knowledge Chair. He is currently profesor …
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Born February 21 1922, Paris. Died April 24 2010. Training and professional career 1949-1964 : Trainee, then attaché, then research fellow at CNRS 1964-1985 : Director of Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études. Director of studies : Theology and …
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Born February 18 1936, Vancouver, Canada. Died May 10, 2023. Training and professional career 1956 : B. A., University of British Columbia 1957 : B. A., Cambridge University 1961-1962 : Instructor, Princeton University 1962 : M. A., Ph. D., Cambridge …
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Born 11 June 1909, Nantes. Died February 14 1992. Education and professional career Secondary education at Lycée d'Oran (Algeria) 1930 : Chemical engineer (Nancy) 1930 : Degree in Science 1933 : Doctorate from Nancy University 1940 : Preparator at the …
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Anny Cazenave began her research career in Toulouse at the Groupe de Recherches en Géodésie Spatiale, then at the Laboratoire d'Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales. She contributed to the development of space geodesy in France and its …
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With a doctorate in political studies from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), François Ceccaldi's doctoral research focused on changes in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) following the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993 …
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Born February 7 1931, Mulhouse, France. Academic positions 1956-1961 : Assistant at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Strasbourg Faculty of Medicine 1962-1966 : Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, Strasbourg Faculty of Medicine 1966-1967 : …
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Jean-Daniel Boissonnat Directeur de recherche INRIA, INRIA Sophia Antipolis Méditerranée, Professeur invité, Collège de France …
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Born in Tours (Indre-et-Loire) on June 24 1923. Died on July 1 2016. His parents, originally from the Lot and Aveyron regions, were both railway workers and teachers. After studying mathematics in preparatory classes at the Lycée Descartes in Tours and …
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Professor at the Institut de Minéralogie, Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie at Pierre-et-Marie-Curie University, member of the Institut Universitaire de France, Georges Calas is a specialist in minerals and glass, and in structure-property …