Jean Audouze
1940
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Lycée Louis-le-Grand, École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris
occupation: astronomer, astrophysicist
award received: Kalinga Prize, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the National Order of Merit
position held: Director of Research at CNRS
official website: www.iap.fr
Jean Audouze (French: [oduz]) is a French astrophysicist. He is a research director at CNRS and teaches at the Paris Institute of Political Science "Sciences Po". From 1993 to 1996 he was president of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in La Villette, and in 1998 he was named as director of the Palais de la Découverte, changing places with Michel Demazure who took Audouze's former position at La Villette. Awarded the Kalinga Prize in 2004. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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