Académie des Sciences - 2022 Awards

Congratulations to Janne Blichert-Toft, Mickaël Bourgoin and Gwyneth Ingram, members of ENS de Lyon laboratories and to Laurent Fargues, Bruno Hudry, and Marié-Hélène Verlhac, Alumni of the School. On Tuesday, October 18, the French Academy of Sciences unveiled its 2022 Prizes. Among the winners, ENS de Lyon is proud to announce that Janne Blichert-Toft , CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire de géologie de Lyon (CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1/ENS de Lyon), Gwyneth Ingram , CNRS Research Director and Director of the Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory (CNRS/Inrae/ENS de Lyon), Mickaël Bourgoin , CNRS Research Director at the Physics Laboratory of ENS de Lyon (CNRS/ENS de Lyon), as well as three alumni of the School received awards. CNRS Research Director at LGL-TPE, Janne Blichert-Toft is a world leader in the application of isotopic geochemistry working on key scientific questions about the origin and evolution of the Earth and planetary bodies, with a focus on geoarchaeology and numismatics. She is known for her contributions to the geochemistry of the Lu-Hf radiogenic system and high-precision Pb isotopes, which enabled her to associate the formation and evolution of the Earth and the early solar system. Janne Blichert-Toft is the first woman to receive this award ( see the French Geological Survey website ). The Academy paid tribute to her during the award ceremony at the Dome of the Institut de France, on October 18, 2022 On the Académie des Sciences website Janne Blichert-Toft biography CNRS Research Director at LPENSL, Mickaël Bourgoin is interested in the transport of fields and particles in complex flows, particularly turbulent ones.