Gérard Férey
Gérard Férey | |
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| Born | 14 July 1941 |
| Died | 19 August 2017 (aged 76) France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | University of Caen Normandy Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University |
| Occupation | Chemist |
| Known for | CNRS Gold medal (2010) |
Gérard Férey (14 July 1941 – 19 August 2017) was a French chemist. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, teacher at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. He is specialized in the physical chemistry of solids and materials.[1][2]
In September 2010, he received the CNRS Gold medal, the highest French scientific distinctions.[3]
Biography
[change | change source]Gerard Férey was a lecturer at the University of Maine. In 1968, he founded the Department of Chemistry at Le Mans.[4] He obtains his doctoral at the Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University in 1977.
He was a teacher at the University of Maine from 1981 to 1996 and the at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines since that date.[5] From 1988 to 1992 he was deputy director of the Department of Chemistry at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
He was elected to the Academia Europaea in 1994 [6] and to the French Academy of Sciences the 18th of November 2003.[7]
Awards
[change | change source]- CNRS Gold medal (2010)[8]
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
- Officier Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Officier of the Ordre national du Mérite
References
[change | change source]- ↑ (in French) Gérard FÉREY Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in French) Gérard Férey, grand architecte de la matière
- ↑ (in French) Médaille d'or 2010 du CNRS : Gérard Férey, chimiste et architecte de la matière
- ↑ (in French) Gérard Férey, "Architecte de la matière" Archived 2011-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in French) Gérard Férey, lauréat de la médaille d'or 2010 du CNRS Archived 2011-12-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Gérard Férey". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ (in French) Exclusif : Gérard Férey, médaille d'or du CNRS Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ (in French) Gérard Férey : médaille d’or du CNRS Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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