Biography:Françoise Combes

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Françoise Combes
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Born (1952-08-12) 12 August 1952 (age 71)
Montpellier, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure, Paris Diderot University
AwardsCNRS Gold medal, L'Oréal-UNESCO International Prize for Women in Science
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsObservatoire de Paris
Doctoral studentsFabienne Casoli

Françoise Combes (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swaz kɔ̃b] (About this soundlisten); born 12 August 1952) is a French astrophysicist at the Paris Observatory and a professor at the Collège de France where she has been the chair of Galaxies and cosmology since 2014.[1]

On 15 September 2017 the 'City of Success' school at Montpellier was renamed as 'High school Françoise Combes'.[2]

Education

Françoise Combes studied at the École Normale Supérieure from 1971 to 1975. In 1975, she obtained the Agrégation and a PhD in Physics from Paris Diderot University, writing her thesis on the dynamics and structure of galaxies.

Research

Her research works are about galaxy formation and evolution, in a cosmological context. This work includes: galaxy dynamics, their spiral and barred structures, and interactions between galaxies, studied both through multi-wavelength observations and by numerical simulations.[3] Additionally, she has published extensively on the interstellar medium of galaxies. In particular, the molecular gas which gives birth to new stars in nearby galaxies, such as Andromeda, and which can be found in high redshift systems. She has published numerous reviews that range in her areas of interest.[4]

Françoise Combes has contributed to various models of dark matter, and is also interested in alternative solutions, such as modified gravity. She collaborated with Daniel Pfenniger in developing a model to account under the form of cold molecular gas for a large fraction of the dark baryons, which have not yet been identified.[5]

Awards and honors

  • 2022: Nick Kylafis Lectureship [6]
  • 2022: Karl Jansky Lecturer[7]
  • 2021: L'Oréal-UNESCO International Prize for Women in Science 2021[8]
  • 2021: American Astronomical Society Fellow[9]
  • 2020: Gold Medal of the CNRS[10]
  • 2019: Commander of National Order of Merit[11]
  • 2017: The school City of Success of Montpellier (France) was renamed as High school Françoise Combes[12]
  • 2017: Prix Jules Janssen of the Société astronomique de France, the French Astronomical Society[13]
  • 2017: Lise Meitner Prize of the University of Technology CHALMERS in Gothenburg[14][15][16]
  • 2017: Honorary member of the American Astronomical Society[17]
  • 2015: Officer of the French Legion of Honour[18]
  • 2013: R.M. Petrie Prize of the Canadian Astronomical Society[19]
  • 2013: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society[20]
  • 2012: Prix des Trois Physiciens, ENS[21]
  • 2009: Officer of the National Order of Merit
  • 2009: Member of the Academia Europaea[22]
  • 2003: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013[23]
  • 2009: Tycho Brahe Prize of the European Astronomical Society[24]
  • 2006: Knight of the French Legion of Honour
  • 2004: Member of the French Academy of Sciences[25]
  • 2001: Silver Medal of the CNRS[26]
  • 1986: IBM physics prize

Bibliography

Françoise Combes is the author of over a thousand articles,[27] a number of books, and has participated in collective works. Her English-language books include:

  • The Milky Way (with James Lequeux), EDP Sciences, 2016, 196p (ISBN:978-2759819157)
  • Galaxies and Cosmology (Astronomy and Astrophysics Library) (with Patrick Boissé) (translator: M. Seymour), Springer, 2nd Ed 2004, 468p (ISBN:978-3540419273)
  • The Cold Universe Saas-Fee Advanced Course. vol 32. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (with Andrew W. Blain) (editor: Daniel Pfenniger), Springer, 2004, (ISBN:978-3540408383)
  • Mysteries Of Galaxy Formation, Praxis, 2010, 224p (ISBN:978-1441908674)
  • La Voie Lactée, 2013, (EdP-Sciences), F. Combes & J. Lequeux
  • Galaxies et Cosmologie (2009), (Ellipses), F. Combes, M. Haywood, S. Collin, F. Durret, B. Guiderdoni
  • A. Aspect, R. Balian, G. Bastard, J.P. Bouchaud, B. Cabane, F. Combes, T. Encrenaz, S. Fauve, A. Fert, M. Fink, A. Georges, J.F. Joanny, D. Kaplan, D. Le Bihan, P. Léna, H. Le Treut, J-P Poirier, J. Prost et J.L. Puget, Demain la physique, (Odile Jacob, 2009)
  • Mystères de la formation des galaxies (2008), (Dunod), F. Combes
  • Galaxies et Cosmologie (1991), (Inter-Sciences, CNRS), P. Boissé, A. Mazure et A. Blanchard
  • Galaxies and Cosmology (1995), (Springer), P. Boissé, A. Mazure et A. Blanchard, (réédité en 2002)

References

  1. ↑ "Le problème de la matière noire : galaxies spirales" (in fr). 15 September 2014. http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/francoise-combes/course-2014-2015.htm. 
  2. ↑ "La cité scolaire de la réussite rebaptisée cité scolaire Françoise Combes". September 2017. http://www.ac-montpellier.fr/cid120081/la-cite-scolaire-de-la-reussite-rebaptisee-cite-scolaire-francoise-combes.html. .
  3. ↑ "An extragalactic award to the star of astrophysics" (in en-us). https://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/gpc/news/Pages/An-extragalactic-award-to-the-star-of-astrophysics-.aspx. 
  4. ↑ "Françoise Combes (some reviews)". http://aramis.obspm.fr/~combes/fcombes/revu.html. 
  5. ↑ "Françoise Combes home page". http://aramis.obspm.fr/~combes/. 
  6. ↑ "Nick Kylafis Lectureship" (in en-US). https://www.ia.forth.gr/nick-kylafis-lectureship. 
  7. ↑ "French Astronomer Honored as 2022 Jansky Lecturer" (in en-US). https://public.nrao.edu/news/2022-jansky-lecturer/. 
  8. ↑ "L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards honour five women researchers in mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry and informatics" (in en). 2021-02-11. https://en.unesco.org/news/loreal-unesco-women-science-awards-honour-five-women-researchers-mathematics-astrophysics. 
  9. ↑ "AAS Names 31 New Fellows for 2021 | American Astronomical Society". https://aas.org/press/aas-fellows-2021. 
  10. ↑ "The astrophysicist Françoise Combes receives the CNRS 2020 Gold Medal" (in en). https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/the-astrophysicist-francoise-combes-receives-the-cnrs-2020-gold-medal. 
  11. ↑ "Décret du 30 novembre 2019 portant promotion et nomination". https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000039440044/. 
  12. ↑ "La cité scolaire de la réussite rebaptisée cité scolaire Françoise Combes". September 2017. http://www.ac-montpellier.fr/cid120081/la-cite-scolaire-de-la-reussite-rebaptisee-cite-scolaire-francoise-combes.html. .
  13. ↑ "Award ceremony for the Janssen Prize". https://saf-astronomie.fr/remise_prix_janssen_2016_2017/. 
  14. ↑ "Ceremony and lecture – Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2017 | Chalmers" (in en-us). 2017-08-24. http://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/gpc/calendar/Pages/Lise-Meitner-Award-lecture.aspx. 
  15. ↑ "An extragalactic award to the star of astrophysics" (in en-us). https://www.chalmers.se/en/centres/gpc/news/Pages/An-extragalactic-award-to-the-star-of-astrophysics-.aspx. 
  16. ↑ Chalmers Physics (2017-10-06), Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award Lecture 2017 - Françoise Combes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8K0pUCdJ4, retrieved 2018-05-16 
  17. ↑ "Honorary Members | American Astronomical Society" (in en). https://aas.org/individual-membership/honorary-members. 
  18. ↑ "Présidence de la République ORDRE NATIONAL DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR" (in french). 2015-04-05. http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/sites/default/files/lh_20150405.pdf. 
  19. ↑ "R.M. Petrie Prize Lecture - CASCA" (in en-US). http://casca.ca/?page_id=568. 
  20. ↑ Smith, Keith. "Winners of the 2013 awards, medals and prizes - full details" (in en-gb). http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2210-winners-of-the-2013-awards-medals-and-prizes. 
  21. ↑ [1] Prix des Trois Physiciens
  22. ↑ Academia Europaea
  23. ↑ Smith, Keith (7 June 2023). "Winners of the 2013 awards, medals and prizes - full details" (in en-gb). http://www.ras.org.uk/awards-and-grants/awards/2210-winners-of-the-2013-awards-medals-and-prizes%7Cwork=RAS. 
  24. ↑ Switzerland, Marc Türler and Mathias Beck, ISDC, Observatory of the University of Geneva. "Tycho Brahe Prize". http://eas.unige.ch/tycho_brahe_prize.jsp. 
  25. ↑ [2] Her page in Académie
  26. ↑ CNRS. "CNRS - CNRS silver medals for 2001" (in fr). http://www.cnrs.fr/en/research/awards/silver/2001.htm. 
  27. ↑ "Francoise Combes - Google Scholar Citations". https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=korB95oAAAAJ. 

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