Pascale Launois

Pascale Launois is a French crystallographer[1] whose research has included the study of quasicrystals, carbon nanotubes, and their environmental applications. She is a director of research for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides at Paris-Saclay University.[2]

She is president of the French Neutronics Society (Société Française de la Neutronique).[3]

Education and career

After earlier student work in theoretical physics, Launois turned to experimental studies.[2] She earned a Ph.D. in physics in 1987 through the Laboratoire Léon Brillouin at Paris-Saclay University;[1] her thesis concerned incommensurate phases in neutron scattering.[2]

She joined CNRS in 1988, and has been affiliated with the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides since 1993.[4] Her early work continued the study of incommensurable phases and quasicrystals, through X-ray scattering techniques; her interests shifted to the study of carbon nanotubes in the early 2000s.[2]

Launois was very active in promoting science to the public through the International Year of Crystallography, in 2014.[1][2] She was elected president of the French Neutronics Society in 2024.[3]

Recognition

Launois was a recipient of the CNRS Bronze Medal in 1991.[1] The magazine La Recherche gave her their Prix de la Recherche, for her research with Philippe Poulin and Cécile Zakri on carbon nanotubes.[2] She was the 2024 recipient of the André Guinier Prize of the French Crystallographic Association.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Delbecq, Denis (6 February 2014), "Pascale Launois, pro de la cristallo", CNRS Le journal (in French), retrieved 2025-05-17
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Pascale Launois, laureate of the André Guinier Prize 2024, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, retrieved 2025-05-17
  3. ^ a b Board of directors, French Neutronics Society, retrieved 2025-05-17
  4. ^ a b "Le prix André Guinier", Colloque de l'AFC (in French), French Crystallographic Association, July 2024, archived from the original on 2024-11-05
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