Jacques Blamont#
Photo:CNES/O. Pascaud 2006
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 468 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Jacques Blamont passed away April 13, 2020.
Positions Held
- Professor emeritus of the Pierre and Marie Curie University
- 1972 Chief Scientist and Adviser to the Director General of CNES
- 1957 Professor of Physics at the University of Paris since 1957
Fields of Scholarship
- Experimental physics
- Atmospheric research
Honours and Awards
- Fellow of the French Academy of Technologies
- Member of The Planetary Society’s Advisory Council
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Commander of the Academic Palms
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
- Padma Shri award
- Member of the Science Steering Groups on the NASA missions Voyager, Pioneer-Venus, and of the USSR mission Vega to Venus and Halley's comet
