Hélène Langevin-Joliot
Hélène Langevin-Joliot (born 19 September 1927) is a French nuclear physicist. She was educated at the IN2P3 (englisch Institute of Nuclear Physics and Particles) 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.[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 Chairperson of the panel that awards the Marie Curie Excellence award, a prize given to outstanding European researchers.[4] She was President of the French Rationalist Union from 2004 to 2012.[5]
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 was also the first person to win a Nobel Prize in two sciences, the second being for chemistry (1911) with her discovery 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.[3][6] 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.[7]
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.[6][8]
References
- ↑ Rencontre avec Hélène Langevin-Joliot. canslup.unilim.fr, abgerufen am 3. Februar 2010 (französisch). (Seite dauerhaft nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im April 2017.) Google translation
- ↑ Madam {sic} Curie's Legacy. best.me.berkely.edu, archiviert vom am 5. September 2006; abgerufen am 17. Januar 2007.
- ↑ a b An Interview with Hélène Langevin-Joliot, the Granddaughter of Pierre and Marie Curie. Archiviert vom am 27. September 2007; abgerufen am 6. April 2007.
- ↑ First EU Marie Curie Awards in recognition of world-class achievements in European research. Abgerufen am 6. April 2007.
- ↑ Union rationaliste – Qui sommes-nous ? union-rationaliste.org, abgerufen am 12. April 2007 (französisch).
- ↑ a b Marie & Pierre Curie’s granddaughter, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, visits the United States. Eurekalert.org, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2007.
- ↑ Radiation and modern life Fulfilling Marie Curie’s dream. Abgerufen am 6. April 2007.
- ↑ Family Records. Archiviert vom am 27. September 2007; abgerufen am 24. Januar 2007.