Catherine Cesarsky#
| Membership Number: | 1938 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.eso.org/public/poland/about-eso/dg-office/ccesarsk |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2007 High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, CEA Saclay
- 1999 - 2007 Director General of ESO
- 1994 - 1999 Director of DSM
- 1985 - 1993 Head of the SAp
- 1978 - 1985 Head of the theoretical group of the SAp
- 1974 - 1978 Staff member of the Service d'Astrophysique (Sap), Direction des Sciences de la Matière (DSM), CEA Saclay
- 1971 - 1974 California Institute of Technology, Astronomy Department, Research Fellow
- 1965 - 1966 Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia, Research Fellow
Fields of Scholarship
- Astrophysics
- Astronomy
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
- 1994 Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur
- 1998 COSPAR Space Science Award
- 1999 Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
- 2004 Officier de la Légion d'Honneur
- 2011 Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur
- Prix Jules Janssen of the French Astronomical Society
- Member of the Academia Europaea
- Member of the International Astronomical Union
