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Les nouveaux Associés étrangers
de l’Académie des sciences
Roy ANDERSON
Mustapha BESBES
Giovanni BIGNAMI
Curtis CALLAN
Joanne CHORY
Umberto CORDANI
Réception sous la Coupole
le 15 juin 2010
Ingrid DAUBECHIES
David DONOHO
Vladimir DRINFELD
Thomas EBBESEN
Leonard GUARENTE
Mary-Claire KING
Miguel NICOLELIS
Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD
Robert WEINBERG
George WHITESIDES
Raymond WILLIS
Anton ZEILINGER
Les Associés étrangers de l’Académie des sciences
élus en 2009
Foreign Associates of the Académie des sciences
elected in 2009
Réception sous la Coupole de l'Institut de France le 15 juin 2010
Solemn Induction Ceremony on June 15, 2010
Statuts de l’Académie des sciences
Élection d’Associés étrangers
L’Académie des sciences joue un rôle actif dans le développement des relations scientifiques
internationales, notamment européennes,
en établissant avec les académies étrangères des relations pouvant se traduire par des structures
communes, par des accords de coopération et d’échange de savants, par l’organisation de
colloques ou par la rédaction en commun de rapports,
en assurant la représentation de la France au Conseil international de la science (ICSU),
en élisant des Associés étrangers,
en entretenant des coopérations avec les pays en développement,
en défendant les hommes de science victimes de violations des droits de l’homme à travers le
monde.
L’Académie compte 150 Associés étrangers au plus, choisis parmi les chercheurs étrangers les plus
éminents.
Dix-huit nouveaux Associés étrangers, élus en 2009, ont été nommés par décret du Président de la
République le 15 janvier 2010. Ils sont reçus solennellement sous la Coupole de l’Institut de France le
15 juin 2010.
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Statutes of the Académie des sciences
Election of Foreign Associates
The Academy of Sciences plays an active role in the development of international scientific relations,
notably European,
- by establishing relations with foreign Academies which may find expression in common structures, in
agreements on cooperation and the exchange of scholars, in the organization of colloquia or in the
joint publication of reports,
- by providing France representation in the International Council of Scientific Unions (I.C.S.U),
- by electing Foreign Associates,
- by maintaining cooperations with developing countries,
- by defending men of science who are victims of human rights violations in the world.
The Académie has no more than 150 Foreign Associates, chosen among the most eminent scientists.
Eighteen new Foreign Associates were elected in 2009. The elections were officialized by a decree of
the President of the French Republic on January 15, 2010. The solemn induction ceremony takes
place on June 15, 2010.
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Au terme des élections de 2009, l’Académie des sciences compte neuf nouveaux Associés étrangers
dans la première division (sciences mathématiques et physiques, sciences de l’univers, et leurs
applications), et neuf dans la seconde division (sciences chimiques, biologiques et médicales, et leurs
applications).
After the 2009 election, the Académie counts nine new Foreign Associates in its first class
(Mathematics, Physics, Sciences of the Universe and their applications), and nine in the second class
(Chemistry, Biology, Medical Sciences and their applications).
Sciences mathématiques et physiques, sciences de l’univers, et leurs applications
section de mathématique
David L. DONOHO
Vladimir DRINFELD
p. 5
p. 6
section de physique
Curtis G. CALLAN
Anton ZEILINGER
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p. 8
section des sciences mécaniques et informatiques
Ingrid DAUBECHIES
John R. WILLIS
p. 9
p. 10
section des sciences de l’univers
Mustapha BESBES
Giovanni BIGNAMI
Umberto CORDANI
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p. 12
p. 13
Sciences chimiques, biologiques et médicales, et leurs applications
section de chimie
Thomas W. EBBESEN
George M. WHITESIDES
section de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, génomique
Leonard P. GUARENTE
Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD
Robert A. WEINBERG
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p. 15
p. 16
p. 17
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section de biologie intégrative
Joanne CHORY
Miguel A. L. NICOLELIS
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section de biologie humaine et sciences médicales
Roy M. ANDERSON
Mary-Claire KING
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David L. DONOHO
Section de mathématique
The Mathematics sub-division
David L. Donoho, né le 5 mars 1957 aux États-Unis, est professeur à l'université de Stanford en
Californie. Il développe des objets mathématiques et de statistique mathématique dont les
applications sont nombreuses. Ils permettent en particulier d'exploiter de manière spectaculaire le
développement des calculs maintenant possibles grâce à l'informatique. Parmi ses thèmes de
recherche, on peut mentionner la théorie du signal, l'analyse harmonique et les ondelettes, la
géométrie en très grande dimension et la théorie de l'information.
David L. Donoho, born in 1957 in the USA, is a professor at Stanford University in California. He
has developed tools for mathematics and mathematical statistics which have found numerous
applications. In particular, they can be used to exploit the computational developments available
through informatics in a spectacular manner. His research themes include signal processing,
harmonic analysis and wavelets, very high-dimensional geometry, and information theory.
Curriculum vitae
1983-1997
1990-2008
2005-2010
2009-
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, University of California at Berkeley (USA)
Professor at Stanford University
Research Staff at Renaissance Technologies
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor in the Humanities and Sciences, and Professor of
Statistics, Stanford University
Membership
1990
1992
1998
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Awards
1992-1996
1994
2000
2001
2002
2008
2010
John D. and Catherine T MacArthur Prize Fellow
President's Award, Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies
Outstanding Achievement Award, Society Photo. Instr. Eng.
Von Neumann Prize, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Plenary Lecturer, International Congress of Mathematicians (Beijing)
Information Theory Paper Award, Information Theory Society
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Society and SIAM
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Vladimir DRINFELD
Section de mathématique
The Mathematics sub-division
Vladimir Drinfeld, né le 14 février 1954 en Ukraine, naturalisé américain en 2008, est professeur de
mathématiques à l'université de Chicago (États-Unis). Ses travaux s'étendent de la géométrie
algébrique et de la théorie des nombres à de nombreuses questions mathématiques posées par la
physique théorique. Ses contributions majeures sont la preuve de la conjecture de Langlands pour
GL(2) sur les corps de fonctions et la théorie des groupes quantiques. Ses recherches ont une
influence profonde en mathématique et en physique théorique. Elles lui ont valu de recevoir la
médaille Fields en 1990.
Vladimir Drinfeld, born in 1954 in Ukraine, a naturalized American, is professor of mathematics at
the University of Chicago (USA). His work ranges from algebraic geometry and number theory to
many mathematical questions from theoretical physics. His major contributions are the proof of the
Langlands conjecture for GL (2) in the functional field case, and the theory of quantum groups. His
research has a profound influence on mathematics and theoretical physics. He was awarded with the
Fields Medal in 1990.
Curriculum vitae
1978
1980
1981
1998-
Assistant Professor, Bashkir State University (Ufa, USSR)
Lecturer, Kharkov State University (USSR)
Research fellow, Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering, Kharkov
Professor of Mathematics, University of Chicago
1978
1986
Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians in Helsinski
Invited Speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians in Berkeley
Membership
1992
2008
Fellow of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Awards
1990
Fields Medal
Books
Chiral algebras (with A. Beilinson) (Ed. AMS, 2004)
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Curtis G. CALLAN
Section de physique
The Physics sub-division
Curtis G. Callan, né le 11 octobre 1942 aux États-Unis, fondateur et directeur du Centre de
Recherches théoriques de Princeton, est un physicien théoricien dont les travaux ont été
principalement consacrés à la physique des interactions fondamentales à très haute énergie. On lui
doit plusieurs résultats importants dont certains portent son nom. Il est un des auteurs de la célèbre
équation "de Callan-Symanzik" qui décrit la réponse d'un système physique aux changements
d'échelle et qui a profondément influencé la théorie des transitions de phase. Il a été un des pionniers
de l'application de la théorie des cordes à l'étude des propriétés des trous noirs et des problèmes liés à
leur entropie. Il se consacre actuellement à créer des ponts entre la physique théorique et la biologie.
Curtis G. Callan, born in 1942 in the USA, founding director of the Princeton Centre for Theoretical
Science, is a theoretical physicist whose research has been mainly concentrated on the study of the
fundamental interactions at very high energies. He has obtained many important results, some of
which are known in the literature under his name. He is one of the authors of the celebrated "CallanSymanzik equation" which describes the response of a physical system under scale transformations
and which has had a profound influence in the modern theory of phase transitions. He pioneered the
application of super-string theory to curved spacetimes, and contributed to the study of black holes
and their entropy. His current work is focused on building bridges between theoretical physics and
the problems of modern biology.
Curriculum vitae
1967-1969
1969-1972
1971 and 1980
19721986-1995
19951998-2001, 20082005-2008
2008-2010
Assistant Professor, Harvard University (USA)
Long-Term Member, Institute for Advanced Study
Professeur invité, Université de Paris
Professor, Princeton University
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, Princeton University
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University
Chair, Physics Department, Princeton University
Director of Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics
Vice-President, President-Elect and President, American Physical Society
Membership
1974
1987
1989
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Awards
2000
2004
Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, American Physical Society
Dirac Medal, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics
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Anton ZEILINGER
Section de physique
The Physics sub-division
Anton Zeilinger, né le 20 mai 1945 en Autriche, est professeur de physique expérimentale à
l'Université de Vienne et directeur scientifique de l'Institut d'optique quantique et d'information
quantique (IQOQI) à l'Académie des sciences d'Autriche. Il est mondialement connu pour ses
expériences marquantes dans le domaine des fondements conceptuels de la physique quantique, et il a
contribué de façon décisive au développement de l'information quantique et de l'optique atomique.
Born in Austria in 1945, Anton Zeilinger is professor of experimental physics at the University of
Vienna, and scientific director of the IQOQI (Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum
Information) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He is known worldwide for his groundbreaking
experiments on the conceptual foundations of quantum physics. He has made major contributions to
the development of quantum information and atom optics.
Curriculum vitae
1972-1981
1974-1989
1981-1983
1983-1990
1988-1989
1990-1999
1995
19992004-
Senior Research Assistant, Atominstitut Vienna (Austria)
Guest Researcher, Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble
Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, M.I.T. (USA)
Associate Professor, Technical University of Vienna
Full Professor of Physics, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
Full Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Innsbruck
Professeur au Collège de France (chaire internationale)
Full Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna
Scientific Director, Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information IQOQI, Austrian
Academy of Sciences
Membership
1994
1998
1999
2000
2002
2005
2005
2006
Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Full Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Physical Society
Member, Academia Europaea
Member, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Honorary Member, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Foreign Member, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Awards
1995
1996
1997
2000
2001
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2007
2008
2008
2009
2010
Prix Vinci d'Excellence, Fondation LVMH, Paris
European Lecturer, European Physical Society
European Optics Prize, European Optical Society
Senior Humboldt Fellow Prize, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Germany
Sartorius Prize, Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Lorenz-Oken-Medal, Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte
Klopsteg Award, American Association of Physics Teachers
Descartes Prize, European Commission
King Faisal Prize, King Faisal Foundation, Saudi Arabia
Quantum Electronics Prize, European Physical Society
Quantum Communication Award, Tamagawa University
Isaac Newton Medal, Institute of Physics
Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Wolf Prize in Physics (with A. Aspect and J.-J. Clauser)
Books
Quantum Computation and Quantum Information Theory (with C. Macchiavello, G.M. Palma) (Ed. World Scientific
Publishing, 2001) - Quantum [Un]speakables, From Bell to Quantum Information (with R. A. Bertlmann) (Ed. Springer,
2002) - Einsteins Schleier. Die neue Welt der Quantenphysik ( Ed. C.H. Beck, 2003) - Einsteins Spuk - Teleportation und
weitere Mysterien der Quantenphysik (Ed. Bertelsmann, 2005)
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Ingrid DAUBECHIES
Section des sciences mécaniques et informatiques
The Mechanics and Informatics sub-division
Ingrid Daubechies, née le 17 août 1954 en Belgique, naturalisée américaine en 1996, est professeur
de mathématiques à l'Université de Princeton. Elle a initié un important programme de
mathématiques appliquées et computationnelles. Ses remarquables travaux sur l'analyse "tempsfréquence" et l'analyse "temps-échelle" ont bouleversé le traitement du signal et de l'image. Les
''ondelettes de Daubechies'' sont utilisées dans le standard de compression d'images JPEG 2000.
Ingrid Daubechies a appliqué les ondelettes à de nombreux domaines scientifiques, en
mathématiques, en ingénierie et à l'art.
Ingrid Daubechies, born in 1954 in Belgium, American citizen, is now a professor of mathematics at
Princeton University. She launched an important program in applied and computational
mathematics. Her outstanding contributions to ''time-scale'' and ''time-frequency'' analysis opened
new avenues in signal and image processing. Daubechies wavelets are now used in JPEG 2000, the
new standard in still image compression. Ingrid Daubechies applied her wavelets in many scientific
fields ranging from mathematics to art.
Curriculum vitae
1975-1984
1984-1987
1987-1994
1991-1993
19941997-2001
2004-
Research Assistant, Dept. for Theoretical Physics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium)
Research Professor, Dept. for Theoretical Physics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Technical Staff Member, Mathematics Research Center, AT&T Bell Laboratories (USA)
Professor, Mathematics Department, Rutgers University (USA)
Professor, Mathematics Department and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics,
Princeton University
Director, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship at Princeton University
Membership
1993
1998
1998
1999
2003
2007
2005
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the American Philosophical Society
Honorary Member of the London Mathematical Society
Docteur Honoris Causa, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Awards
1984
1994
1994
1997
1998
1998
2000
2000
2005
2008
Louis Empain Prize for Physics
American Mathematical Society Steele Prize for Exposition
Plenary Lecturer at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zurich
American Mathematical Society Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize
The International Society for Optical Engineering Recognition of Outstanding Achievement
IEEE Information Theory Society Golden Jubilee Award for Technological Innovation
National Academy of Sciences Medal in Mathematics (USA)
Eduard Rhein Foundation 2000 Basic Research Award
Gold Medal of the Flemish Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences
Pioneer Prize, International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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John R. WILLIS
Section des sciences mécaniques et informatiques
The Mechanics and Informatics sub-division
John R. Willis, né le 27 mars 1940 au Royaume Uni, est professeur émérite de mécanique théorique
des solides à l’université de Cambridge. Spécialiste de l’utilisation des techniques mathématiques
avancées en mécanique des solides, il a apporté des contributions pionnières pour la prévision de la
tenue des matériaux et des structures. Ses travaux en élasticité anisotrope générale ont ouvert la voie à
la détermination analytique des champs de contraintes 3D en présence de dislocations ou de fissures
d’interface. Il a ensuite posé les bases d’une théorie variationnelle rigoureuse des propriétés effectives
des milieux hétérogènes non-linéaires, s’appliquant aux composites, aux polycristaux et aux milieux
poreux. Cette théorie a connu un développement exceptionnel depuis les années 90. Enfin ses travaux
en élastodynamique ont permis l’analyse de la propagation dynamique de fissures dans les milieux de
caractéristiques de fracture hétérogènes, et montré l’existence d’un type nouveau d’ondes, les « ondes
de front de fissure ».
John R. Willis, born in 1940 in Great Britain, is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Solid Mechanics
at Cambridge University (UK). As an outstanding specialist of advanced mathematical techniques, he
has made pioneering contributions to domains of utmost importance for the prediction of the stress
bearing capacity of materials and structures. His works in general anisotropic elasticity have been
successfully applied to predict 3D stress fields created by such defects as dislocations or interface
cracks. One of his major later contributions lies in the foundation of a rigorous variational theory for
the effective properties of nonlinear composites, encompassing polycrystals, composite materials and
porous materials. This theory has undergone an exceptional development in the past 20 years. Finally
his recent works on elastodynamics have allowed for the analysis of the dynamic propagation of
cracks in materials with heterogeneous fracture properties, and evidenced the existence of a new type
of waves, henceforth called “crack-front waves”.
Curriculum vitae
1962-1964
1964-1965
1965-1967
1968-1972
1966-1972
1972-1994
1994-2000
2000-2001
2001-2007
1998-2004
Assistant Lecturer, Imperial College, London
Research Associate, Courant Institute, New York University (USA)
Senior Assistant in Research, Cambridge University (UK)
Assistant Director of Research, Cambridge University
Fellow and Director of Studies in Mathematics, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Bath (UK)
Professor of Theoretical Solid Mechanics, Cambridge University
Professor of Mathematics, University of Bath
Professor of Theoretical Solid Mechanics, Cambridge University
Professeur de mécanique, École Polytechnique
Membership
1966
1992
2004
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
Fellow of the Royal Society (London)
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Awards
1961
1961
1971
1997
1998
Governor’s Prize in Mathematics, Imperial College, London
Lubbock Prize, London University
Adams Prize
Timoshenko Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Science
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Mustapha BESBES
Section des sciences de l'Univers et inter-section des applications des sciences
The Sciences of the Universe sub-division, and the Inter sub-division of sciences applications
Mustapha Besbes, né le 9 décembre 1941 en Tunisie, professeur émérite à l'École nationale
d'ingénieurs de Tunis, est le spécialiste incontesté de l'hydrologie des pays arides et des aquifères
géants du Sahara. Il a notamment développé un modèle original pour l’étude de la recharge des
aquifères par infiltration des crues d’oueds. Son équipe a déterminé quelle est l’alimentation actuelle
des nappes sahariennes sur la bordure de l’Atlas, alors que ces nappes étaient souvent considérées
comme ne contenant que des eaux fossiles. Il a réalisé l'immense tâche de coordonner les travaux sur
la modélisation du Système aquifère du Sahara Septentrional (SASS), destinés à permettre la mise en
place d’une exploitation harmonieuse par les trois pays concernés (Algérie, Tunisie, Libye) des très
grandes réserves de ces nappes du Maghreb, et, actuellement il continue à travailler à ce vaste projet.
Mustapha Besbes, born in 1941 in Tunisia, is emeritus professor at the National Engineering School
of Tunis. He clearly is a world leader in the field of arid zone hydrology and of the giant Saharan
aquifers. He especially developed an original model to study aquifer recharge by floods in ephemeral
streams, and his team was able to estimate the amount of current recharge of Saharan aquifers on
their Atlas outcrops, whereas they often were assumed to only contain fossil water. He also undertook
the great task of coordinating works on modelling the NWSAS (North Western Sahara Aquifer
System) in order to design an optimal exploitation scheme by the three concerned countries (Algeria,
Tunisia, Libya) of the very large groundwater reserves of these aquifers in the Maghreb region, and
pursues at present his contribution to this ambitious project.
Curriculum vitae
1964-1972
1972-1979
1979-2002
1989-1995
1989-1993
1996-2000
1998-2002
200220062006-
Prix
1991
1992
2005
Ingénieur géologue, Bureau d'Inventaire des ressources hydrauliques (BIRH), Tunisie
Ingénieur de recherche, École des Mines de Paris, Centre d'informatique géologique
Professeur d'hydrogéologie, École nationale d'ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT)
Directeur de l'ENIT
Président du Comité des sciences exactes et naturelles, Commission Nationale de l’UNESCO
Membre du Comité National d'Evaluation de l'Enseignement Supérieur
Membre du Comité National d'Evaluation des Activités de Recherche Scientifique (CNEAR)
Professeur émérite à l'ENIT, Université de Tunis El Manar
Membre du Conseil national consultatif de la recherche et de la technologie (Tunisie)
Consultant pour la composante "Gestion des eaux souterraines" dans le projet d'investissement
dans le secteur de l'eau en Tunisie (Banque mondiale, Agence française de développement,
Banque africaine de développement)
Chevalier de l'Ordre de la République de Tunisie
Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite de l'Éducation (Tunisie)
Prix Paul Doistau-Émile Blutet, Académie des sciences
Ouvrage
Hydrogéologie de l’ingénieur (Ed. Centre de publication universitaire, Tunis, 2010)
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Giovanni BIGNAMI
Section des sciences de l'Univers
The Sciences of the Universe sub-division
Giovanni Bignami, né le 10 avril 1944 en Italie, est Professeur à l'Istituto Universitario di Studi
Superiori (IUSS) à Pavie. Il est un des leaders mondiaux de l’astrophysique spatiale des hautes
énergies. Il a participé à toutes les missions importantes dans ce domaine, lors de leur conception, leur
réalisation, lors des tests ou de l’interprétation des résultats. Il a contribué de façon essentielle à
l’identification des différents types d’étoiles à neutron et à l'étude de leur physique. Il a été également
un des pionniers de l’identification des sources gamma par des observations multi fréquences.
Giovanni Bignami consacre par ailleurs beaucoup de son temps à la vulgarisation de la science.
Giovanni Bignami, born in 1944 in Italy, is a professor at the Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori
(IUSS) in Pavia. He is a world leader in high-energy space astrophysics. He has been involved in all
the important projects in this field, in their conception, in their implementation, and in tests and
interpretation of the results. He has provided vital contributions to the identification of different types
of neutron stars and to the study of their physics. He was also a pioneer in the identification of
gamma-ray sources by multifrequency observations. In addition, Giovanni Bignami devotes much of
his time to the popularisation of science.
Curriculum vitae
1968-1971
1989
1971-1990
1990-1996
1997-2002
1997-2006
20062003-2006
2004-2006
2004-2006
20052007-2008
2009-
Assistant, Chair of Advanced Physics, University of Milano
Visiting Professor, Université Paris 7
Research Scientist at the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano
Full Professor of General Physics, University of Cassino, Italy
Director of Science, Italian Space Agency, Roma
Full Professor of Astronomy, University of Pavia, Italy
Full Professor of Astronomy at IUSS, Pavia
Directeur du Centre d'études spatiales des rayonnements, Toulouse
Membre du Comité stratégique du Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES)
President, ESA's Space Advisory Committee
Member, Programme Committee, Venice World Conference on the Future of Science
President, Italian Space Agency, Roma
Président du Conseil scientifique du Groupement d'intérêt scientifique "La physique des deux
Infinis"
Membership
1997
2000
2004
2005
2008
2008
Member (corresponding) of the Accademia dei Lincei (Italy)
Full Member of the International Astronautics Academy
Member of the European Academy of Sciences
Member of the Academia Europaea
Member (corresponding) of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti (Italy)
Membre titulaire de l’Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace
Awards
1993
2000
2002
2004
2006
2006
Bruno Rossi Prize of the HEAD, American Astronomical Society
Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
Cospar Massey Award, Royal Society (UK)
Astronomy Prize, Italian Culture Ministry (Italy)
Premio Lacchini for the Diffusion of Astronomical Culture (Italy)
Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
Books
Against the donning of the gown (Translation of "Contro il portar la toga" of Galileo Galilei ; Ed. Moonbooks, 2000) - La
storia nello spazio (Ed. Mursia, 2001) - Explorer l'espace pour remonter le temps (Ed. Odile Jacob, 2006) - L'esplorazione
della spazio (Ed. Il Mulino, 2006)
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Umberto CORDANI
Section des sciences de l'Univers
The Sciences of the Universe sub-division
Umberto Cordani, né le 17 mai 1938 en Italie, naturalisé brésilien en 1960, est Professeur émérite à
l'Institut des Géosciences de l'Université de Sao Paulo (Brésil). En fondant le laboratoire de
géochronologie et géochimie isotopique de cette université, il a été parmi les premiers à lancer la
géologie moderne en Amérique Latine. Référence mondiale dans ce domaine, il a reconstitué
l'histoire commune des boucliers africain et brésilien, contribuant ainsi à la validité des concepts de la
dérive des continents et de la tectonique des plaques. Il a retracé l’évolution tectonique de plusieurs
régions sud-américaines.
Umberto Cordani, born in 1938 in Italy, naturalised Brazilian in 1960, is Professeur Emeritus at the
Geosciences Institute of the University of São Paulo (Brazil). He created the geochronology
laboratory of that University, and was one of the first to use modern geology in Latin America. World
reference in the Geosciences, he reconstituted the common history of the African and Brazilian
shields, contributing to validate the concepts of continental drift and plate tectonics. He has traced
the tectonic evolution of several South American tectonic regions.
Curriculum vitae
1963
1970-1971
19751987-1991
1988-1992
1993-1997
2000
Specialization in Geochronology, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Postdoctoral fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgique)
Professor, University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Director, Geosciences Institute, University of São Paulo
President of the International Union of Geosciences
Director, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo
President of the 31th International Geological Congress
Membership
1980
1990
1994
1997
1998
2003
2006
Member of the Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences
Member of the Academia Latino-Americana de Ciencias
Membro honorario, Sociedad Geologica Chilena
Honorary Member of the Geological Society of America
Foreign member of the Academia de Ciências de Lisboa (Portugal)
Member (corresponding) of the Academia National de Ciencias (Argentina)
Awards
1966
1994
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2006
Prêmio Martelo de Prata (Sociedade Brasileira de Geología
Grã Cruz, Ordem do Mérito Cientifico (Brazil)
Medal Lecture, Third World Academy of Sciences
Medalla Rectoral, Universidad de Chile
Medalha de Ouro José Bonifacio, Sociedade Brasileira de Geología
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes académiques
Spendiarov Medal, Russian Academy of Sciences
Prize Herbert Thomas, Sociedad Geologica Chilena
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Thomas W. EBBESEN
Section de chimie
The Chemistry sub-division
Thomas Ebbesen, né le 30 janvier 1954 en Norvège, est professeur à l'Université de Strasbourg et
directeur de l'Institut de science et d'ingénierie supramoléculaires (ISIS). Chimiste et physicien, il a
réalisé des travaux qui ont eu un impact majeur dans des domaines aussi divers que les sciences des
matériaux carbonés et l’optique des métaux. Ses recherches à l'interface des nanosciences et de la
photonique touchent à de nombreuses technologies stratégiques, telles l'opto-électronique, les
communications optiques et le développement de capteurs de nouvelle génération.
Thomas Ebbesen, born in 1954 in Norway, is professor at Strasbourg University and director of the
Institute for Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS). Both a chemist and a physicist, his
research has had a major impact in a variety of fields such as the science of carbon materials and the
optical properties of metals. His work at the interface of nanosciences and photonics is being applied
to numerous strategic technologies, such as optoelectronics, optical communications, as well as newgeneration sensors.
Curriculum vitae
1977-1981
1981-1988
1985-1986
1988-1999
199620052007-
Assistant, Département de Biophysique, Université René Descartes, Paris
Member of the Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre-Dame, South Bend (USA)
Foreign Professor, Tsukuba University (Japan)
Member of NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories (Japan) and NEC Laboratories (USA)
Professeur, Université de Strasbourg
Directeur de l'ISIS
Directeur du Centre international de recherche aux frontières de la chimie
Membership
2003
2005-
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Membre de l’Institut Universitaire de France
Awards
1992
2001
2001
2005
2009
2009
Scientific Research Prize, NEC (Japan)
Agilent Europhysics Prize, European Physical Society
Randers Research Prize (Norway)
Prix France Télécom, Académie des sciences
Tomassoni Prize, Università La Sapienza, Rome
Quantum Electronics and Optics Prize, European Physical Society
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George M. WHITESIDES
Section de chimie
The Chemistry sub-division
George M. Whitesides, né en 1939 aux États-Unis, est Professeur à l’Université de Harvard. On lui
doit des contributions majeures dans des domaines très diversifiés tels que la spectroscopie par
résonance magnétique nucléaire, la chimie organométallique et la synthèse organique biocatalysée.
Ses travaux en science des matériaux, en chimie des surfaces, en microfluidique et en
nanotechnologie ont un très fort impact non seulement en chimie, mais également en biologie et en
bio-ingénierie. C’est le cas en particulier de la lithographie douce, technique dont il est l’inventeur et
qui est fort utile pour des applications de type biopuces. Un des chimistes les plus éclectiques de son
temps.
George M. Whitesides, born in 1939 in the USA, is Professor at Harvard University. He made major
achievements in very diversified areas, such as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy,
organometallic chemistry, and biocatalyzed organic synthesis. His works on material science, surface
chemistry, microfluidic, and nanotechnology have a very strong impact not only in chemistry, but
also in biology and bio-engineering. This is namely the case for soft lithography, a technique he
invented and which is highly useful in such application as biochips. One of the most eclectic chemists
of his time.
Curriculum vitae
1963-1982
1982-1986
1986-1989
1982-2004
2004-
Member of the Faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (USA)
Professor, Department of Chemistry of Harvard University (USA)
Chairman, Department of Chemistry of Harvard University
Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University
Membership
1968
1977
1978
1997
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Honorary since 2005)
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Member of the American Philosophical Society
Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (USA)
Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
Main Awards
1975
1995
1998
1999
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry
Arthur C. Cope Award
National Medal of Science
Award for Excellence in Surface Science, Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation
Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology, Inamori Foundation
Paracelsus Prize, Swiss Chemical Society
Dan David Prize, Dan David Foundation; Welch Award; Linus Pauling Medal Award (Portland,
Puget Sound and Oregon Sections of ACS)
UAA Dhirumbhai Ambani Award, National Academy of Science (India)
Priestley Medal, American Chemical Society; American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
Nanoscience Prize, ISNS, Computation and Engineering; Prince of Asturias Award in Science
and Technology (Spain)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry; The Inaugural Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences
The Othmer Gold Medal
Leonard P. GUARENTE
Section de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, génomique et inter-section des applications des sciences
The molecular and cellular Biology, Genomics sub-division, and Inter sub-division of sciences applications
Leonard P. Guarente, né le 6 juin 1952 aux États-Unis, est professeur au Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), Département de biologie, à Cambridge (États-Unis). Il consacre ses recherches
aux mécanismes moléculaires du vieillissement et plus particulièrement à la mise en évidence des
composants cellulaires responsables des différences de longévité entre les espèces. Il a, le premier,
mis en évidence le gène SIR-2, et a montré qu'il est le régulateur clé de la longévité chez la levure et
le ver. Il étend ses recherches effectuées sur ce gène aux mammifères. Ses découvertes pourraient
accélérer le développement de molécules thérapeutiques actives contre les maladies liées à l'âge.
Leonard P. Guarente, born in 1952 in the USA, is Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), Department of Biology, in Cambridge (USA). His research is devoted to
molecular mechanisms of aging and, more particularly, to determination of the cellular components
responsible for differences in longevity between species. He was the first to identify the SIR-2 gene
and he showed that it is the key regulator of longevity in yeast and worms. He is extending his
research performed on this gene to mammals. His discoveries could accelerate the development of
therapeutic molecules against age-related diseases.
Curriculum vitae
1981-1985
1985-1991
199120002008-
Assistant Professor, MIT, Cambridge
Associate Professor of Biology, MIT, Cambridge
Professor of biology, MIT, Cambridge
Novartis Professor
Director of Paul F. Glenn Laboratory for Science of Aging
Membership
1998
2004
Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Awards
2001
2009
Academy of the American Society for Healthy Aging Investigator
Dart/NYU Biotechnology Achievement Award
Book
Ageless Quest: One Scientist's Search for Genes that Prolong Youth (Ed. Cold Spring Harbor Press, 2003)
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Christiane NÜSSLEIN-VOLHARD
Section de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, génomique
The Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genomics, sub-division
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, née le 20 octobre 1942 en Allemagne, dirige le Département de
génétique au Max Planck Institute pour la biologie du développement à Tübingen en Allemagne. Ses
travaux ont révolutionné la biologie du développement. En élaborant et combinant les outils
techniques et conceptuels de la génétique et de l'embryologie, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard a
découvert, par l'étude de mutants chez la drosophile et le poisson zèbre, les mécanismes génétiques
qui contrôlent l’embryogenèse précoce. Elle a reçu le Prix Nobel de physiologie en 1995.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, born in 1942 in Germany, is Director of the Department of Genetics at
the Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen (Germany). She revolutionized
developmental biology. By developing and combining the concepts and tools of genetics and
embryology, through her systematic analysis of mutations affecting Drosophila and zebrafish
development, she discovered the genetic mechanisms that control early embryonic development. She
was awarded with the Nobel Prize in 1995.
Curriculum vitae
1975-1976
1976-1977
1978-1981
1981-1984
1985198920042007-
Postdoctoral fellow in Walter Gehring’s laboratory, Basel (Switzerland)
Postdoctoral fellow in Klaus Sander’s laboratory, Freiburg (Germany)
Group leader, European Molecular Biology laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg
Group leader at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Tübingen
Director, Max-Planck-Institute of Developmental Biology, Tübingen
Honorary Professorship, University of Tübingen
President-Founder of the CNV-Foundation to support Women in Science
Member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC)
Membership
1983
1989
1989
1990
1990
1990
1991
1992
1995
1995
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
Member of the Academia Europaea
Member of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Member of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (England)
Member of the Deutsche Akademie Leopoldina
Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Member of the American Philosophical Society
Main Awards
1986
1988
1990
1991
1992
1993
1995
1996
2005
2006
2007
2009
Leibniz-Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Carus-Medaille, Deutsche Akademie Leopoldina
Rosenstiel Award, Brandeis University (USA) ; Mattia Award, Roche Institute (USA)
Albert Lasker Medical Research Award (USA)
Prix Louis Jeantet de Médecine (Suisse); Alfred P. Sloan Jr Award., General Motors Cancer
Foundation (USA); Otto-Bayer-Preis, Bayer AG; Otto Warburg-Medaille, Gesellschaft für
Biochemie und Molekularbiologie; Louisa Gross Horwitz Award, Columbia University (USA);
Gregor Mendel Medal, Genetics Society (United Kingdom)
Sir Hans Krebs Medal, Federation of European Biochemical Societies
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with E. Wieschaus and E. Lewis)
Gross Verdienstkreuz mit Stern der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Gross Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
The L’Oréal-UNESCO Tribute for UNESCO’s 60th anniversary
Stifterpreis des Bundesverbands deutscher Stiftungen
Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst
Books
Coming to life: how genes drive development (Ed. Kales Press, 2006) - Von Genen und Embryonen (Ed. Reclam, 2004)
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Robert A. WEINBERG
Section de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire, génomique
The Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genomics, sub-division
Robert A. Weinberg, né le 11 novembre 1942 aux États-Unis, est Professeur de biologie au
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), à Cambridge (États-Unis). L'ensemble de ses travaux a
conduit à des avancées considérables dans la compréhension des bases moléculaires du cancer. Ceci a
permis des progrès majeurs dans la classification et le diagnostic des tumeurs et dans la mise au point
de thérapies ciblées, plus efficaces et moins toxiques, de la maladie cancéreuse.
Robert A. Weinberg, born in 1942 in the USA, is Professor of Biology at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (Cambridge, USA), since 1982. The scientific achievements of R. Weinberg have led to
seminal advances in our understanding of the molecular bases of cancer. This resulted in major
progress in tumor classification and diagnosis and in the design of targeted therapies, more efficient
and less toxic.
Curriculum vitae
1969-1970
1970-1972
1972-1973
1973-1976
1976-1982
1982198219902005-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute, Rehovoth, Israel
Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Institute (USA)
Research Associate, MIT, Cambridge (USA)
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, MIT
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Center for Cancer Research, MIT
Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, MIT
Founding Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA
Member of the Scientific and Academic Advisory Committee, Weizmann Institute, Israel
Membre du Conseil scientifique international de l'Institut National du Cancer
Membership
1985
1989
1992
2000
2000
2008
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Foreign Member-Medical Sciences of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Member of the American Philosophical Society
Member of the Institute of Medicine (USA)
Docteur honoris causa de l'Université Paris-Descartes
Main Awards
1983
1984
1984
1984
1987
1992
1994
1996
1996
1997
1997
1999
2003
2003
2004
2004
2009
Robert Koch Medal, Robert Koch Foundation
Steel Foundation Award in Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Bristol-Myers Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cancer Research
Antonio Feltrinelli Prize, Academia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy)
Sloan Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
Gairdner Foundation International Awards for Achievements in Medical Science
Harvey Prize, American Society for Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
G.H.A. Clowes Memorial Award, American Association for Cancer Research
Max Delbrück Medal, Max-Delbrück Center
National Medal of Science
Keio Medical Science Foundation Prize
The Order pour le Mérite for Sciences and the Arts (Germany)
Distinguished Scientist Award, Association of American Cancer Institutes
Van Andel Institute’s Daniel Nathans Memorial Award
Wolf Foundation Prize
Prince of Asturias Science Award
Grande Médaille de l’Académie des sciences
Books
The Biology of Cancer (Ed. Garland Science, 2007) - One Renegade Cell (Ed. Perseus Books Group, 1999) - Racing to the
Beginning of the Road: the Search for the Origin of Cancer (Ed. Harmony Books, 1996) - Genes and the Biology of Cancer
(avec H. Varmus) (Ed. Scientific American Library, 1993)
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Joanne CHORY
Section de biologie intégrative
The Integrative Biology sub-division
Joanne Chory, née le 19 mars 1955 aux États-Unis, est Professeur de biologie à l'Université de
Californie à San Diego et directrice du laboratoire de biologie végétale au Salk Institute. Elle est aussi
chercheur au Howard Hughes Medical Institute et professeur adjoint à l’université de Californie à San
Diego. Elle étudie les mécanismes par lesquels les plantes s’adaptent aux changements de leur
environnement lumineux. Ses travaux sur l’espèce modèle Arabidopsis thaliana lui ont permis
d’étudier les rôles respectifs des phytochromes, photorécepteurs de la partie rouge du spectre
lumineux. L‘étude moléculaire de mutants dé-étiolés lui a permis de montrer que les signaux
lumineux dérépriment la mise en place de l’appareil photosynthétique selon une voie de transduction
dont ses travaux ont révélé l’existence. Son équipe a étudié aussi la co-régulation des gènes nucléaires
et plastidiaux dans la mise en place de l’appareil photosynthétique. Un dernier thème de recherche
concerne la découverte des fonctions d'une nouvelle classe d’hormones, les brassinostéroïdes, dans
les processus d’élongation cellulaire, travail remarquable qui lui vaut une reconnaissance
internationale.
Joanne Chory, born in 1955 in the USA, is Howard H. and Maryam R. Newman Chair and director of
the Plant Biology Laboratory at the Salk Institute. She is also an investigator with the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute and adjunct professor at UCSD. Dr. Chory is interested in identifying the
mechanisms by which plants respond to changes in their light environment. She uses genetic, genomic
and biochemical approaches in the reference plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, to identify components of
the phototransduction pathways, with emphasis placed on the events mediated through a family of
red/far-red-light-absorbing receptors named phytochromes. Chory’s lab has also identified mutations
in nuclear-localized signalling components and shown that they are involved in degradation of key
transcription factors that regulate gene expression in response to light. Her team also found a large
number of nuclear and plastidic genes involved in the coordinated regulation of the photosynthetic
apparatus. Work in Dr. Chory's lab has also led to the discovery of the roles of a new steroid
hormone, brassinolide, that controls plant development in response to light, and has identified the
receptor and signaling pathway of brassinolides. This pioneering work has given Joanne Chory an
international reputation for excellence.
Curriculum vitae
1984-1988
1988-1994
1992-1994
1994-1998
1997199819981999-
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School (USA)
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology Laboratory, the Salk Institute
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Associate Professor, Plant Biology Laboratory, the Salk Institute
Investigator, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute
Director, Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute
Adjunct Professor, Biology Department, UCSD
Membership
1998
1999
2005
2006
2008
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Awards
1994
1995
2000
2003
2004
Award for Initiatives in Research, National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Charles Albert Schull Award, American Society of Plant Physiologists
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science
Scientific American 50-Research Leader in Agriculture
Kumho Award in Plant Molecular Biology
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Miguel A. L. NICOLELIS
Section de biologie intégrative
The Integrative Biology sub-division
Miguel Nicolelis, né le 7 mars 1961 au Brésil, est professeur de neurobiologie, d'ingénierie
biomédicale et de psychologie, et co-directeur du Centre de neuro-ingénierie au Duke University
Medical Center (États-Unis). La maîtrise de concepts et de techniques multidisciplinaires, neurosciences computationnelles, physiologie et plasticité des ensembles neuronaux sensori-moteurs,
robotique-, lui a permis de devenir le pionnier d'une discipline qui révolutionne les neurosciences,
celle des interactions cerveau-machine qui permettent, après une période d'apprentissage, de piloter
robots et membres artificiels par la pensée. Ses résultats ouvrent une perspective thérapeutique avec la
conception de neuroprothèses.
Miguel Nicolelis, born in 1961 in Brazil, is Professor of Neurobiology Biomedical Engineering and
Psychology and Neurosciences, and Co-Director of the Center for Neuroengineering at Duke
University Medical Center. His fields of interest are: computational properties of large neural
ensembles in behaving animals; sensorimotor plasticity in adult and developing sensory animals;
neuronal basis of sensorimotor learning; development of brain-machine interfaces for restoring
neurological function; neuronal basis of tactile perception.
Curriculum vitae
1985-1986
1986-1988
1988-1992
1989-1994
1994-1997
1998-2001
1999-2001
20012001200420052008-
Memberships
2004
2010
Awards
1984
1994
1996
1999
2001
2002
2004
2005
2007
2009
2009
2009
Research Associate, Department of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo
Research Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Sao Paulo
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology and Biophysics Hahnemann University (USA)
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center (USA)
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Experimental Psychology, Duke
University
Professor of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychology and Neurosciences
Co-Director of the Center for Neuroengineering, Duke University
Founder and Director of the Instituto Internacional de Neurociência de Natal (Brazil)
Anne W. Deane Professor of Neurosciences, Duke University Medical Center
Professeur titulaire de la Chaire Blaise Pascal à l’École supérieure de physique et de chimie
industrielles de la Ville de Paris
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Oswaldo Cruz Award for Research Excellence in Internal and Preventive Medicine (Brazil)
Whitehead Scholar Award, Mc Donnell Pew Foundation
Klingenstein Fellowship Award
Human Frontier Research Program Grant Award
MIT Review's Top 10 Emerging Technologies
DARPA Award for Sustained Excellence by a Performer
Scientific American 50-Research Leader in Biomedical Engineering
Robert Dow Neuroscience Award, Neurological Sciences Institutes, Oregon University
DARPA Tech Award for Sustained Excellence by a Performer
Foundation IPSEN Neuronal Plasticity Prize
Sandoz Family Foundation Chair, Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience
of Natal, Brazil
Cesar Timo-Iaria Lifetime Achievement Award, Brazilian Society for Neuroscience
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Roy M. ANDERSON
Section de biologie humaine et sciences médicales
The Human Biology and Medical Sciences sub-division
Sir Roy M. Anderson, né le 12 avril 1947 au Royaume-Uni, professeur d'épidémiologie des maladies
infectieuses à l'Imperial College of London, est un pionnier de la modélisation mathématique de la
transmission, du contrôle et de l'évolution des maladies transmissibles, humaines ou animales. Ses
travaux ont grandement influencé les conceptions sur la nature des relations hôte-pathogènes et leur
signification évolutive. Beaucoup ont eu des répercussions importantes en santé publique dans la
définition des stratégies de lutte contre quelques grands fléaux infectieux récents.
Sir Roy M. Anderson, born in 1947 in the UK, is Professor of infectious disease epidemiology at
Imperial College London. He pioneered the mathematical modeling and population level study of the
spread, evolution and control of infectious diseases of humans and animals. He introduced new
concepts on the evolutionary consequences of host pathogen interactions. His modeling of the control
of infectious diseases has been highly influential throughout the world in important public health
problems posed by the major emerging diseases since the 1980's.
Curriculum vitae
1973–1977
1977–1984
1984–1993
1989–1993
1993–1998
1993–2000
1993–2000
200820082008-
Lecturer (Parasitology), King’s College London
Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Imperial College London
Professor and Head of Department of Biology, Imperial College London
Director, Wellcome Research Centre Parasitic Infections, Imperial College London
Head of the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
Fellow, Merton College, University of Oxford
Director, Wellcome Trust Centre for the Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, University of
Oxford - Linacre Professor, University of Oxford
Head, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College
London
Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence, UK
Rector, Imperial College London
Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Non-Executive Director GlaxoSmithKline
Trustee of the Natural History Museum
Governor Institute for Government London
Membership
1982
1982
1985
1986
1987
1998
1998
1999
2002
Fellow of the Zoological Society (UK)
Fellow of the Institute of Biology (UK)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK)
Fellow of the Royal Society (London)
Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (UK)
Fellow of Academia Europaea
Founding Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (UK)
Foreign Associate Member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (USA)
Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Agriculture (UK)
Main Awards
1988
1989
1993
1994
1998
1999
2002
2005
2006
Chalmers Memorial Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Weldon Memorial Prize for Biomathematics, University of Oxford
Frink Medal for British Zoologists, Zoological Society of London
Croonian Prize, Royal Society; Joseph Smadel Medal, Infectious Disease Society of America
Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award, American Society of Ecology
Distinguished Parasitologist award, American Society for Parasitology
Nuffield Medal Lecture, The Royal Society of Medicine (UK)
Ernst Chain Prize, Imperial College
Knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list
2000–2004
2004–2008
2008–2010
2000-
Book
Infectious Diseases of Humans - Dynamics and Control (with R. M. May) (Ed. Oxford Science Publications, 1992)
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Mary-Claire KING
Section de biologie humaine et sciences médicales
The Human Biology and Medical Sciences sub-division
Mary-Claire King, née le 27 février 1946 aux États-Unis, est Professeur à l'Université de Washington
à Seattle, département de génétique médicale et département de sciences du génome. Elle est
mondialement connue pour ses travaux sur l'identification de prédispositions génétiques au cancer du
sein, qui ont des applications d’importance considérable en médecine et en biologie. Elle a étendu ses
recherches au domaine de l'évolution humaine et de la génétique des surdités, et plus récemment à
l'autisme et à la schizophrénie. Elle a été une pionnière dans l'utilisation des techniques génétiques et
notamment du séquençage de l'ADN mitochondrial pour l'identification de personnes disparues en
Argentine et dans des cas de violation des droits de l'homme à travers le monde.
Mary-Claire King, born in 1946, is American Cancer Society Professor, University of Washington at
Seattle since 1995. She uses genomics tools to study complex human conditions. Her primary areas of
interest were inherited breast and ovarian cancer, inherited hearing loss, and the genetic bases of
schizophrenia. Her goals are to identify and characterize critical genes in informative families and
populations. She is interested in disentangling heterogeneous genetic influences and understanding
the interaction between genetic and environmental influences on these traits. She also applies
genomic sequencing to the identification of victims of human rights abuses.
Curriculum vitae
1976–1995
1995–
1998–
2007-2010
198419841999-
Professor of Genetics and of Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley
American Cancer Society Professor, University of Washington, Seattle
Affiliate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
Member of the Advisory Committee to the Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Consultant to National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons, Republic of Argentina
Advisor to the United Nations Forensic Anthropology Team, Genetic Identification Services
Senior Advisor to Beijing and Shanghai Genome Centers, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Membership
1993
1994
1999
2005
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member of the Institute of Medicine (USA)
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Awards
1994
1999
2004
2004
2006
2006
2007
2008
Clowes Award for Basic Research, American Association for Cancer Research
Brinker Award for Breast Cancer Research, Komen Foundation
University of California Medal
Genetics Prize, Peter Gruber Foundation
Weizmann Institute Award for Women and Science
A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Medal of Honor for Clinical research, American Cancer Society
Basic Science Award, American Society of Clinical Oncology
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