Thérèse Encrenaz
French planetary scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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French planetary scientist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thérèse Encrenaz (née Gounon,[1] born 1946) is a French planetary scientist who "played a leading role in the development of planetology in Europe".[2] Her research concerns extraterrestrial atmospheres, particularly of the planets and comets in the Solar System. She is a research director for the CNRS, emeritus, affiliated with the Paris Observatory.[3]
Encrenaz was born on March 10, 1946.[4] After studies at the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses , Goddard Institute for Space Studies, University of Paris, and Paris Observatory,[2] she earned a diplôme d'études approfondies in 1968, a doctorat de troisième cycle in 1969,[4] and, in 1975, a doctorat d'état.[2]
As a director of research for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Paris Observatory, she headed the DESPA and LESIA laboratories, and became vice-president of the observatory,[2] before retiring as research director emeritus.[3]
She was editor-in-chief of the journal Planetary and Space Science from 2002 to 2007.[2]
Encrenaz is the namesake of asteroid 5443 Encrenaz, discovered in 1991.[5]
She is the recipient of the 1998 CNRS Silver Medal, the 2007 Prix Jules Janssen of the Société astronomique de France,[6] the 2010 David Bates Medal of the European Geosciences Union,[2] the 2014 Prix Deslandres of the French Academy of Sciences,[7] and the 2021 Gerard P. Kuiper Prize of the American Astronomical Society.[3]
She was elected to the Academia Europaea in 2002.[6] She was named a chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2009, and an officier in 2019.[1]
Encrenaz is the author or editor of many books on planetology[2] including:
Encrenaz is married to Pierre Encrenaz, who is also an astronomer.[15]
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