Biography:Hélène Langevin-Joliot
Hélène Langevin-Joliot | |
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 Hélène Langevin-Joliot (2012) | |
| Born | Hélène Joliot-Curie 19 September 1927 |
| Nationality | French |
| Citizenship | France |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | CNRS |
| Notes | |
Parents: Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot
Grandparents: Marie and Pierre Curie Aunt: Ève Curie Great uncle: Józef Skłodowski Great aunts: Zofia Skłodowska, Bronisława Skłodowska, and Helena Skłodowska-Szalay.[1] | |
Hélène Langevin-Joliot (née Joliot-Curie; born 19 September 1927) is a France nuclear physicist. She was educated at the IN2P3 (English: Institute of Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics) at Orsay, a laboratory which was set up by her parents Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. She is a member of the French government's advisory committee.[2] Currently,[when?] 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.[3][4] She is chairperson of the panel that awards the Marie Curie Excellence award, a prize given to outstanding European researchers.[5] She was president of the French Rationalist Union from 2004 to 2012.[6]
Family
Langevin-Joliot comes from a family of well-known scientists.
- Her maternal 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 is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different sciences; her second was awarded in chemistry in (1911) for her discoveries of radium and polonium.
- Her parents, Jean Frédéric Joliot-Curie (born Jean Frédéric Joliot) (who was mentored by Marie) and Irène Joliot-Curie (born Irène Curie), won a Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity.
- Her brother Pierre Joliot is a noted biophysicist who has made contributions to the study of photosynthesis.
In response to her family's legacy, Langevin-Joliot regularly grants interviews and gives talks about their history.[4][7] 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]
Her husband, Michel Langevin, was grandson of the famous physicist Paul Langevin (who had an affair with the widowed Marie Curie, Hélène's grandmother, in 1910) and was also a nuclear physicist at the institute; her son, Yves (b. 1951), is an astrophysicist.[7][9]
References
- ↑ "Marie Curie – Polish Girlhood (1867–1891) Part 1". American Institute of Physics. http://www.aip.org/history/curie/polgirl1.htm. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ↑ "Rencontre avec Hélène Langevin-Joliot" (in French). canslup.unilim.fr. http://www.canalsup.unilim.fr/emission.php?id=94&codeEmission=rencontre. Retrieved 2010-02-03.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Google translation
- ↑ "Madam {sic} Curie's Legacy". best.me.berkeley.edu. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20060905010533/http://best.me.berkeley.edu/~aagogino/e24/curie.html. Retrieved 2007-01-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "An Interview with Hélène Langevin-Joliot, the Granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195550/http://www.info-france-usa.org/publi/nff/0305/reg.htm. Retrieved 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 2007-04-06.
- ↑ "Union rationaliste – Qui sommes-nous ?" (in French). union-rationaliste.org. http://www.union-rationaliste.org/index.php/Qui-sommes-nous.html. Retrieved 2007-04-12.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "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 2007-01-17.
- ↑ Landsberger, S. (2006). "Radiation and modern life Fulfilling Marie Curie's dream". Journal of Clinical Investigation 116 (2): 286. doi:10.1172/JCI27773.
- ↑ "Family Records". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230651/http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?%2Fhome%2Fcamilla%2Flinks-data+c-joliet367+1-1-0-1. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
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