Jacques Touret - Curriculum vitae#

Personal details

• Name: Jacques Léon Robert TOURET (J.L.R. Touret or J. Touret)
• Date & Birthplace: January 2, 1936, 08-Fumay (Ardennes), France; French citizen, Former Dutch resident
• Work address : Work at home
• Mail : ljtouret@icloud.com
• Private: 121, Rue de la Réunion, 75020 Paris (France)
• Langages : French (Mother), Dutch and English (Active and Passive), German and Norvegian (Passive)

Education

• 1953: Baccalauréat (Math Elem., B ), Lycée Chanzy, 08-Charleville-Mézières
• 1954-5: Préparation Agro, Lycée Faidherbe Lille (Reçu Agro Paris and ENSG Nancy, opte pour Nancy)
• 1958: Licencié es Sciences, Université de Nancy
• 1958: Ingénieur-Géologue, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie Appliquée et de Prospection Minière de Nancy
• 1969: Docteur es Sciences (Doctorat d'Etat), Université de Nancy, Mention Trés Honorable, Félicitations du Jury), Promotors: Prof. M. Roubault (Nancy) and T.F.W. Barth (Oslo): Le socle Précambrien de Norvège Méridionale)

Career

• Major scientific activity: Petrology and Geochemistry (Metamorphic rocks, Fluid inclusions), History of Science (Geology)

Present position

Retired- Work at home

Previous appointments

• 1958-1964: Assistant, ENSG Nancy
• 1964-1969: Maitre Assistant, ENSG Nancy
• 1969-1974: Maitre de Conférences, Professeur sans chaire, Université de Nancy I
• 1974: Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Geosciences, Yale University, New Haven-Cn, USA
• 1974-1980: Professeur sans chaire, Université de Paris 7, France. 1994- 1998 : Professeur Associé à Statut Temporaire (PAST), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
• 1980-2001: Full Professor of Petrology, Mineralogy, Ore Geology, Department of Petrology and Isotope Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Free University Amsterdam (emeritus : Jan. 2001)

Other professional activities

• 1963-1964: Military Service (Génie de l'Air, Capitaine de Réserve)
• 1978-1980: Chargé de Mission, Secteur TOAE, CNRS (France)
• 1980- present : Correspondant, Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Other appointments

• Member of boards, committees: AWON (NWO) (1984-1993)
• Dutch Committee of the International Lithosphere Program (1987- present)
• ARA (Academische Raad der Aardwetenschappen) (1990-1997)
• Commissie voor Aardrijkskunde, Aardkunde, Delfstofkunde, NFWO, Belgium (1990-1997),
• Member of the Board: European Union of Geoscientists (1992-1994), Grundungskomittee und Wissenschaftliches Beirat, GeoForschung Zentrum Postdam, Germany (1993-1997)
• Member of the Board: Dutch Research School of Geology (NSG) (1993-1998)
• Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) (1996-1999)
• Member of learned societies (past or present): Société Géologique de France, Société française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, Royal Dutch Society of Geology and Mining Geology (KNGMG), Society of Economic Geology (USA)
• Member of COFRHIGEO (French Comittee for the History of Geology), Representative member (for the Netherlands) of INHIGEO (International Association for the History of Geology)

Academic Awards, Nominations, Distinctions

• 1970: Prix Carrière, Académie des Sciences, Paris.
• 1990: Chevalier, Ordre National du Mérite, France.
• 1992: Médaille André H. Dumont (Société Géologique de Belgique)
• 1996: Van Waterschoot van der Gracht Penning (KNGMG and RGD,The Netherlands)
• 1995-present: Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, Norway
• 1995-present: Member Academia Europea
• 1988-present: Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Afdeling Natuurkunde, Sectie Aardwetenschappen

Associate editor, member of the editorial board of scientific journals (selected list)

In the past

• Bulletin Société Géologique de France(1974)
• Bulletin Société Française de Minéralogie et Cristallographie (1975-1977)
• Lithos (1980-2007)
• Sciences Géologiques (Strasbourg) (1980-2000)
• Geologie en Mijnbouw(1986-1995)
• Ore Geology Reviews (1988-1995)
• Géologie (Bruxelles, Belgique) (1992-1999)
• Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris (1993-2000)
• C.R. Geoscience, Paris (Editor in chief, 2001-2009)
• Associate (Managing) Editor, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (1974-2006)

Present activities

Research on fluids in lower crust and mantle, history of geology (petrography, mineralogy) (through COFRHIGEO, French Commission on the history of Geology) Publication list: see Jacques L.R. Touret Homepage (annales.org)