Thérèse Encrenaz

1946 -

country of citizenship: France

languages spoken, written or signed: French

award received: Prix Jules Janssen, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the National Order of Merit, Gerard P. Kuiper Prize, CNRS silver medal

position held: Director of Research at CNRS

Thérèse Encrenaz (née Gounon, born 1946) is a French planetary scientist who "played a leading role in the development of planetology in Europe". 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)