Pierre Joliot

Infobox Scientist


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name = Pierre Joliot
birth_date = 12 March 1932
birth_place = Paris
residence = France
citizenship = France
nationality = French
field = Biochemistry
work_institution = CNRS
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prizes = Ordre National du Mérite, Légion d'honneur
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footnotes = Parents: Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-CurieGrandparents: Marie and Pierre Curie

Pierre Joliot (born in Paris, 12 March, 1932) is a noted French biologist and researcher for the CNRS. A researcher there since 1956, he became a Director of Research in 1974 and a member of their scientific council in 1992.fr icon Cite web|url=http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/pierre-joliot-13630.php|title=Biography @ Evene|accessdate=2007-01-24 [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.evene.fr/celebre/biographie/pierre-joliot-13630.php&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DPierre%2BJoliot%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DX Google translation] ] He was a scientific advisor to the French Prime Minister from 1985 to 1986 and is a member of Academia Europæa. He was made a commander of the Ordre National du Mérite ("English: the National Order of Merit") in 1982 and of the Légion d'honneur ("English: Legion of Honor") in 1984.fr icon Cite web|url=http://www.college-de-france.fr/default/EN/all/ins_pro/p1029331983841.htm|title=Career Timeline|accessdate=2007-01-24|publisher=College of France [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.college-de-france.fr/default/EN/all/ins_pro/p1029331983841.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DPierre%2BJoliot%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DX Google translation] ]

Pierre Joliot held the Chair of Cellular Bioenergetics (1981-2002) at the Collège de France and is now emeritus professor of it. He is also a member of the Academy of Science of France. In 2002, he published a paper presenting the design of the research, 'La Recherche Passionnément' ("English: Research Passionately").

Family

Joliot is from a family of noted scientists. His grandparents, Marie and Pierre Curie, his namesake, won a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 with Henri Becquerel for their study of radioactivity. Marie Curie is also the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in different sciences; her second award being in chemistry for her discovery of radium. Joliot's parents, Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. His sister, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, is a noted nuclear physicist.Cite web|url=http://www.links.org/links-cgi/readged?/home/camilla/links-data+c-joliot368+1-1-0-1|title=Family Tree|accessdate=2007-01-24|publisher=links.org]

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