Pierre Joliot

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Pierre Adrien Joliot-Curie
Born (1932-03-12) 12 March 1932 (age 92)
Paris, France
SpouseAnne Joliot-Curie
ChildrenMarc, Alain
Awards Ordre National du Mérite, Légion d'honneur
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Institutions French National Centre for Scientific Research

Pierre Adrien Joliot-Curie (born 12 March 1932) is a French biologist and researcher for the French National Centre for Scientific Research, specialising in photosynthesis. [1] A researcher there since 1956, he became a Director of Research in 1974 and a member of their scientific council in 1992. [2] He was a scientific advisor to the French Prime Minister from 1985 to 1986 and is a member of Academia Europæa. He was made a commander of the Ordre National du Mérite (English: the National Order of Merit) in 1982 and of the Légion d'honneur (English: Legion of Honor) in 1984. [3]

Pierre Joliot held the Chair of Cellular Bioenergetics (1981–2002) at the Collège de France and is now emeritus professor. He is also a member of the Academy of Science of France. In 2002, he published a work about his views on the research system, 'La Recherche Passionnément' (English: Research Passionately).

Family

Joliot comes from the Curie family science dynasty. His grandparents, Marie and Pierre Curie together with Henri Becquerel won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their study of radioactivity. Marie also won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. Joliot's parents, Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of Induced radioactivity. His sister, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, is a noted nuclear physicist. [4] He is married to biologist Anne (née Gricouroff) Joliot-Curie and they have two sons, Marc Joliot (b. 1962) and Alain Joliot (b. 1964). [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Pierre Joliot - Biographie et publications". Collège de France. under "Télecharger sa bibliographie".
  2. "Biography @ Evene" (in French). 12 March 1932. Retrieved 2007-01-24. Google translation
  3. "Career Timeline" (in French). College of France. Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2007-01-24. Google translation
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  5. | New Scientist, 17 June 1976
  6. "Family tree of Pierre Joliot".