René Bensasson#
| Membership Number: | 740 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://mcam.mnhn.fr/fr/annuaire/rene-victor-bensasson-358 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Major positions with the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS)(National Center of Scientific Research):
- 1998 Directeur de Recherche Emérite (EMERITUS) au CNRS
- 1988 Directeur de recherche (1ère classe) (Senior Research Director)
- 1972 Directeur de recherche (2ème classe) (Research Director)
- 1964 Chargé de recherche (Senior Research Assistant)
- 1958 Attaché de recherche (Research Assistant)
- 1956 Stagiaire de recherche (Research Trainee)
- 1956 - 1978 "Laboratoire de Chimie Physique", University of Paris directed by Professor Yvette Cauchois
- 1964 Doctorat ès Sciences Physiques, University of Paris (1964) "Polymerisation of vinyl monomers in the solid state induced by X and γRays"
- 1958 Doctorat 3ème cycle, (PhD) University of Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Hemistry induced by ionizing radiations, polymerisations induced by X- and γ-rays
- Laser flash photolysis and pulse radiolysis:
- Primary species (Excited States and Radicals) involved in vision, photosynthesis, photodamage of nucleic acids and photochemotherapies
- Spectroscopic, photophysical, and photochemical properties of Fullerenes C60, C70 and derivatives
- Redox regulation processes involved in cancer chemoprotection:
- Cancer chemoprotection
- Anti-inflammation chemoprotection
- Control of genetic expression
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Grammaticakis-Neuman Prize of the French Academy of Sciences "for work on photosensitization and photochemotherapies"
