Patrick Flandrin and Philippe Sautet become members of the Académie des Sciences

Two ENS de Lyon researchers of the physics laboratory and the chemistry laboratory, have just been appointed members of the Académie des Sciences. When the Académie des Sciences was created in 1666, its members studied astronomy, botany, mechanics or geometry. Today they are physicists, biologists, chemists or mathematicians. The ENS de Lyon is proud that five of its researchers are members of the Académie des Sciences . Patrick Flandrin, of the physics laboratory and Philippe Sautet, the Director of the chemistry laboratory have just been appointed members of the Académie des Sciences . They join the physicist, Bernard Castaing, and the biologist, Christian Dumas, appointed in 2002 and the mathematician, Etienne Ghys, appointed in 2004. Our two new Académie members (who are not only researchers but also teachers) have in common an initial training as engineers, at Polytechnique Paris for the one and the INPG Grenoble for the other.