Charles J. JOACHAIN BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Born in Brussels

Charles J. JOACHAIN
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Born in Brussels, Belgium, May 9, 1937
Nationality : Belgian
Married to Halina Bukowinski
Two children : Philippe and Hélène
Address :
Physique Théorique et Mathématique
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Campus Plaine, C.P. 227
Boulevard du Triomphe
B-1050 Bruxelles
Belgium
Tel :
+32-2-650 5578
Fax :
+32-2 650 5098
Email : [email protected]
DIPLOMAS
-1959
Licencié en Sciences Physiques (La Plus Grande
Distinction), Université Libre de Bruxelles.
-1963
Docteur (Ph.D.) en Sciences Physiques (La Plus
Grande Distinction), Université Libre de
Bruxelles.
-1989
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Durham (UK).
POSITIONS OCCUPIED
-1959-1960
Stagiaire de Recherches, Fonds National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Belgium.
-1960-1963
Aspirant, Fonds National de la Recherche
Scientifique, Belgium.
-1963-1965
Chargé de Recherches, Fonds National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Belgium.
-1965-1971
Chargé de cours associé, Université Libre de
Bruxelles.
-1968-1971
Chargé de cours, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
-1971-1978
Professeur extraordinaire, Université Libre de
Bruxelles.
-1974-2002
Director of the Service de Physique Atomique
Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
-1978-2002
Professeur ordinaire, Université Libre de
Bruxelles.
-1984-2002
Professeur, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Louvain-la-Neuve.
-2002-present
Professeur honoraire, Université Catholique de
Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve.
-2002-present
Professeur ordinaire émérite, Université Libre
de Bruxelles.
STAYS AND INVITATIONS IN FOREIGH COUNTRIES
-1964-1965
Fellow of the Belgian American Educational
Foundation at the University of California
(Berkeley).
-1965-1966
Postdoctoral Research Physicist at the University of
California (Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory.
-1969-1970
Invited Professor at the University of California
(Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
-1972
Invited Professor at the University of
Massachusetts.
-1976
Invited Professor at Royal Holloway College
(University of London).
-1978
Invited Professor at the University of California
(Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
-1981
Invited Professor at the University of California
(Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
-1983
Invited Professor at the University of Durham (UK).
-1987
Invited Professor at the Université Pierre et Marie
Curie (Paris VI).
-1989
Invited Professor, University of California
(Berkeley) and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
-1991
Invited Professor at the University of California
(Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
-1999-2004
Invited Professor (Alexander von Humboldt Award) at
the Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (Garching,
Germany).
-2001-2005
Invited Professor at the University of Rome « La
Sapienza ».
SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTIONS AND PRIZES
-1956
Prize of the European Research Associates.
-1957
Prix Fleurice Mercier (University of Brussels).
-1960
Medal of the University of Brussels.
-1963
Prix Scientifique Louis Empain, Sciences
Physiques.
-1964-1965
Fellow of the Belgian American Educational
Foundation.
-1973-1977
1987-1991
Member, International Committee of the Physics
of Electronic and Atomic Collisions.
-1974
Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK).
-1976
Science Research Council Fellow at the
University of London (Royal Holloway College).
-1977
Fellow of the American Physical Society.
-1979-1995
Member of the Scientific Committee of five NATO
Advanced Study Institutes.
-1980-1981
Chairman of the Department of Physics of the
Université Libre de Bruxelles.
-1981-1984
Deputy Editor, Journal of Physics B.
-1982
Director, NATO Advanced Study Institute on
"Atomic and Molecular Physics of Controlled
Thermonuclear Fusion" (Santa Flavia, Italy).
-1983
Invited Professor, University of Vienna, Graz
and Innsbrück (Austrian-Belgian cultural
agreement).
-1983
Invited Professor, University of Durham (Belgian
Guest Visitors program of the British Council).
-1984-1990
Co-Editor, Europhysics Letters.
-1984-1993
Chairman of the Section of Electronic and Atomic
Collisions of the European Physical Society.
-1987-1989
President of the Belgian Physical Society.
-1989
Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Durham (UK).
-1990-2001
Advisory Editor, Europhysics Letters.
-1990-2002
Chairman of the contact group « Atoms, Molecules
and Radiation » of the Fonds National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Belgium.
-1992-1996
Member of the Physics Panel of the European
Community (Third and Fourth Framework
Programmes).
-1992-2003
Member of the International Advisory Committee,
Journal of Physics B.
-1992-2002
Coordinator of the Belgian inter-university
third cycle programme of the Fonds National de
la Recherche Scientifique on atomic and
molecular physics.
-1993-1996
Coordinator of the research project "Theoretical
atomic, nuclear and particle physics "
(Fellowships to Institutes programme of the
European Community).
-1994-1997
Coordinator of the research project "Atoms in
super-intense laser fields" (Network programme
of the European Community).
-1995
Director of the seminar on « Multiparticle
atomic systems in intense laser fields » at the
Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular
Physics, Harvard University.
-1996-1998
Referee for the « Engineering and Physical
Sciences Research Council » (UK).
-1998-2000
Co-Editor, European Physical Journal D.
-1998
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.
-1999-2004
Chairman of the European Science Foundation
research programme "Interaction of superintense,
femtosecond laser fields with atoms, solids and
plasmas".
-2000
Co-Director of the course on « Atoms, Solids and
Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields » at the
Ettore Majorana International Centre for
Scientific Culture (Erice, Italy, 8-14 July
2000).
-2000
Chairman of the Euroconference « Atoms and
Molecules in Super-Intense Laser Fields »
(Maratea, Italy, September 9-14, 2000).
-2003
Co-Director of the course on « Atoms and Plasmas
in Super-Intense Laser Fields » at the Ettore
Majorana International Centre for Scientific
Culture (Erice,Italy, 5-15 July 2003).
-2003-2008
Member of the Editorial Board of «
Advances in
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics ».
-2004
Member of the Académie Royale de Belgique
(Classe des Sciences).
-2004- 2008
Chairman of the scientific progamme «
Laser-
matter interactions with ultra-short pulses,
high-frequency pulses and ultra-intense pulses.
From attophysics to petawatt physics » (COST
Action of the Sixth Framework Programme of the
European Union).
-2006
Co-Director of the course on « Matter in SuperIntense Laser Fields » at the Ettore Majorana
International Centre for Scientific Culture
(Erice, Italy, 27 June - 5 July 2006).
-2006-2011
President of the « Institut des Hautes Etudes de
Belgique ».
-2006
Member of the Academia Europaea.
-2007
Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.
-2009-present
Chairman of the European Science Foundation
research programme " Super-intense laser-matter
interactions »
-2009
Co-Director of the course on « Atoms and Plasmas
in Super-Intense Laser Fields » at the Ettore
Majorana International Centre for Scientific
Culture (Erice, Italy, 10-17 July 2009).
-2011
Co-Director of the course on « Atoms and Plasmas
in Super-Intense Laser Fields » at the Ettore
Majorana International Centre for Scientific
Culture (Erice, Italy, 14-24 July 2011).
-2012
Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics of the European
Academy of Sciences.