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 are Marie and Pierre Curie who are famous for their study of radioactivity, for which they won a Nobel Prize in physics with Henri Becquerel in 1903. Marie Curie is also the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences, the second prize being for chemistry with her discovery of radium and polonium. Dr. Langevin-Joliot's parents also 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 useful contributions to the study of photosynthesis. Due to her family's legacy, she regularly has interviews and gives talks about their history. [6][3] Her knowledge of her family history led to her writing the introduction for Radiation and Modern Life: Fulfilling Marie Curie's Dream in which she wrote a short history of the Curies.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Emission (French). canslup.unilim.fr. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. Google translation
- ^ Madam Curie's Legacy. best.me.berkely.edu. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ a b An Interview with Hélène Langevin-Joliot, the Granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
- ^ First EU Marie Curie Awards in recognition of world-class achievements in European research. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
- ^ Union rationaliste – Qui sommes-nous? (French). union-rationaliste.org. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
- ^ a b Marie & Pierre Curie’s granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, visits the United States. Eurekalert.org. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- ^ Family Records. Retrieved on 2007-01-24.
- ^ Radiation and modern life Fulfilling Marie Curie’s dream. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
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