Catherine Brechignac#
| Membership Number: | 2705 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-B/catherine-brechignac.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2011 "Secrétaire perpétuel" of the Académie des sciences, Division 1
- 2006 - 2010 President of the CNRS ("National Centre for Scientific Research")
- 2005 Elected future president of the International Council for Science (ICSU)
- 2004 President of the Palais de la découverte ("Palace of Discovery")
- 2003 President of the Institut d'optique théorique et appliquée ("Institute of Optical Theory and Practice")
- 1997 to 2000 Director General of the CNRS
- 1989 Director of the Aimé Cotton laboratory
- 1985 Research Director
Fields of Scholarship
- Cluster physics
Honours and Awards
- Commander of the Légion d'honneur
- 1991 Prix de l 'Académie des Sciences (1991)
- 1994 CNRS Silver medal (1994)
- 1997 Correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences (1997)
- 2003 Winner of the Holweck Prize (2003)
- 2005 Member of the Academy of Sciences (2005)
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Freie Universität Berlin (2003), the Georgia Tech Institute (2006) and the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (2007)
