Jean-Marie André#
Obituary
, Academie Royale de Belgique
Curriculm vitae#
Long CV
1. University Degrees
- Licencié en Sciences Chimiques (B.Sc.), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1965
- B.Sc. thesis : - Etude comparative des méthodes de Hückel et de l'électron libre (Comparative study of Hückel and free electron models)
- Docteur en Sciences (Ph.D.), Université Catholique de Louvain, 1968
- Ph.D. thesis : - Etude théorique de la structure de bandes des systèmes périodiques (Theoretical study of the structure of energy bands in periodic systems)
- Auxiliary Ph.D. report : - La stabilité du code génétique (The stability of the genetic code)
2. Successive Positions
- 1965-1968: Ph.D. Research Fellowship from IRSIA, Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Université Catholique de Louvain (Prof. G. Leroy)
- 1968: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship NATO, IBM Research, San Jose (Prof. E. Clementi)
- 1968-1970: Research Assistant (National Fund for Scientific Research - Belgium), Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Université Catholique de Louvain (Prof. G. Leroy)
- 1969: World Trade visiting scientist, IBM Research, San Jose (Prof. E. Clementi)
- 1970-1971: Senior Research Assistant (National Fund for Scientific Research - Belgium), Laboratoire de Chimie Quantique, Université Catholique de Louvain (Prof. G. Leroy)
- 1971-1974: Associate Professor, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique Appliquée
- 1974-... Full Professor, with tenure, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur
- 1974-... Director of the laboratory of applied theoretical chemistry
- 1983: Visiting Scientist, IBM Poughkeepsie
- 1992: Visiting Professor, CRS4, Cagliari
- 2001: Visiting Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Arizona, Tucson
3. Scientific work
- 7 books, Plenum (1975), Reidel (1978), Springer (1980), Reidel (1984), World Scientific (1990), Presses Universitaires de Namur (1997)
- ± 330 scientific papers
- ± 210 invited lectures
4. Awards, Honors
- 1969 Prix Pierre BRUYLANTS, Chemici Lovanienses
- 1969 Prix Jean STAS, Académie Royale de Belgique
- 1970 Prix de l'Académie des Arts, des Sciences et des Belles Lettres du Hainaut
- 1970 Prix Louis EMPAIN, Fondation Universitaire
- 1979 Prix Agathon de POTTER, Académie Royale de Belgique
- 1981 Corresponding Member of the European Academy of Science, Arts and Letters
- 1983 Prix triennal de la Société Chimique de Belgique (Société Royale de Chimie)
- 1984 Annual Medal of the "International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science"
- 1986 Honorary member of the Polish Chemical Society
- 1986 Titulaire de la chaire Francqui à titre belge à l' "Universitair Instelling te Antwerpen " sur le sujet "Quantum Theory of Polymers"
- 1990 Officer of the Order of King Leopold
- 1991 Prix Francqui, Fondation Francqui
- 1991-2000 Member of the Board of the University of Namur in charge of Research
- 1991-2000 Member of the Chemical Physics Committee of the Belgian National Science Foundation (FNRS)
- 1992 Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
- 1995 Docteur Honoris Causa Université de Varsovie
- 1995 Member of the European Academy of Science, Arts and Letters)
- 2000 Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium
- 2002 Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (IAQMS)
- 2003-2009 Member of the PESC-ESF committee (Physical and Engineering Standing Committee of the European Science Foundation)
- 2004 Member of the European Academy of Science
- 2007 Vice-directeur de la classe des sciences de l'Académie Royale de Belgique
- 2007 Concurrent Professor of the Nanjing University
- 2007 Great Officer of the Order of the Crown
- 2008 President of the Royal Academy of Science
- 2008 Director of the Class of Science of the Royal Academy of Belgium
- 2008 Member of the Board of the Superior Institute of Music and Pedagogy
- 2009 President of the Collège Belgique
- 2009 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2009 Member of the Board of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (IAQMS)
