Hélène Langevin-Joliot
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| Hélène Langevin-Joliot | |
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| Born | 17 September 1927 |
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| Residence | France |
| Citizenship | France |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | CNRS |
Dr. Hélène Langevin-Joliot (born 17 September 1927) is a French nuclear physicist. She was educated at the Institut de physique nucléaire (English: Institute of Nuclear Physics) at Orsay, a laboratory which was set up by her parents Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot. She is a member of the French government's advisory committee.[1] Currently, she is a professor of nuclear physics at the Institute of Nuclear Physics at the University of Paris and a Director of Research at the CNRS. She is also known for her work in actively encouraging women to pursue careers in scientific fields.[2][3] She is Chairman of the panel that awards the Marie Curie Excellence award, a prize given to outstanding European researchers.[4] She is President of the French Rationalist Union.[5]
[edit] Family
Her husband, Michel Langevin, is grandson of the famous physicist Paul Langevin and is also a nuclear physicist at the Institute, and her son, Yves, is an astrophysicist.[6][7]
Langevin-Joliot is from a family of well-known scientists. Her grandparents were Marie and Pierre Curie, famous for their study of radioactivity, for which they won a Nobel Prize in physics with Henri Becquerel in 1903. Marie Curie was also the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two sciences, the second being for chemistry (1911) with her discovery of radium and polonium.
Hélène Langevin-Joliot's parents likewise won a Nobel Prize for chemistry, in 1935, for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. Pierre Joliot is her brother and a noted biophysicist who has made contributions to the study of photosynthesis.
Due to her family's legacy, Langevin-Joliot regularly grants interviews and gives talks about their history. [6][3] Her knowledge of her family's history led to her writing the introduction to Radiation and Modern Life: Fulfilling Marie Curie's Dream, including a brief history of the Curies.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Emission" (in French). canslup.unilim.fr. http://www.canalsup.unilim.fr/index.php4?page=emissions&rep=7&num=94. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. Google translation
- ^ "Madam Curie's Legacy". best.me.berkely.edu. http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~aagogino/e24/curie.html. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ a b "An Interview with Hélène Langevin-Joliot, the Granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie". http://www.info-france-usa.org/publi/nff/0305/reg.htm. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
- ^ "First EU Marie Curie Awards in recognition of world-class achievements in European research". http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/news/headline20_en.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
- ^ "Union rationaliste – Qui sommes-nous?" (in French). union-rationaliste.org. http://www.union-rationaliste.org/Frame_Qui_sommes_nous.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
- ^ a b "Marie & Pierre Curie’s granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, visits the United States". Eurekalert.org. http://www.eurekalert.org/features/doe/2003-07/djna-mp071103.php. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ "Family Records". http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/camilla/links-data+c-joliet367+1-1-0-1. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ "Radiation and modern life Fulfilling Marie Curie’s dream". http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1359067. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
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