Daniel Ricquier#
| Membership Number: | 2691 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.academie-sciences.fr/academie/membre/Ricquier_Daniel.htm |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2003 Professor and Hospital Practitioner at the Faculty of Medicine, Paris Descartes University and Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital
- 1985 - 2003 Director of research at CNRS
- 1972 - 1985 Assistant Lecturer at University Pierre and Marie Curie (1972-1985)
Fields of Scholarship
- Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Endocrinology
- Molecular biology
- Metabolic biochemistry
- Mitochondrial bioenergertics
- Energy balance in animals and humans
- Obesity
- Metabolic diseases
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Paul Langevin Prize
- 1989 CNRS Silver Medal
- 1995 Friedrich Wasserman Medal
- 2002 Wertheimer Medal of International Association of Study on Obesity (now: World Obesity Federation)
- 2002 Member of the French Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Member of the Academia Europaea
