Claude Lorius#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 167 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.claude-lorius.com/en/ |
Claude Lorius passed away March 21, 2023.
Positions Held
- 1998 - 2008 Director Emeritus of Research, CNRS
- 1992 - 1898 President of IFRTP, French Institute for Polar Research and Technology
- 1984 - 1889 Director of Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Géophysique de l'Environnement (LGGE)
- 1979 - 1883 Associate Director
- 1987 Research Director
- 1968 - 1884 Teaching fellow at Grenoble University (Mechanics of Geophysics and Environment)
- 1961 Researcher at CNRS, National Centre for Scientific Research
Fields of Scholarship
- Climate change
Honours and Awards
- 1958 Knight in the Order of the Black Star (Bénin)
- 1966 Delalande-Gurineau Prize (Académie des Sciences)
- 1982 Officer in the National Order of Merit
- 1986 Prize of the Statet (Académie des Sciences)
- 1989 Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur
- 1989 Humboldt Prize
- 1989 Belgica Medal
- 1994 Italgas Prize
- 1996 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- 1997 The Seligman Crystal (International Glaciological Society)
- 2001 Balzan Prize for climatology
- 2002 The CNRS Medaille d’Or
- 2004 Publication in the "Petit Larousse illustré"
- 2006 Vernadsky Medal (European Geosciences Union)
- 2008 SCAR Medal
- 2008 Blue Planet Prize
- 2009 Commander of the Légion d’Honneur
- 2015 Grand Officer in the National Order of Merit
- 2017 American Bower Award & Prize
- 2020 Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur
