Biography

Born in Paris on May 12 1943.

Training and professional career

  • 1966 : Optics engineer
  • 1966 : Degree in physics, University of Paris
  • 1970 : Doctor of Science
  • 1971 : CNRS research fellow
  • 1984 : Director of research, CNRS
  • 1978 : Correspondent of the French Academy of Sciences
  • 1991-2014 : Professor at the Collège de France, Chair of Observational Astrophysics
  • 1995 : Director of the Haute-Provence Observatory
  • 1996 : Member of the jury of the Institut Universitaire de France
  • 1997 : Chairman of the Conseil supérieur d'hygiène publique de France (section Milieux de Vie)
  • 1997 : Member of the scientific council of the Concarneau marine biology station
  • 1997 : Member of the " Space Interferometric Mission Science " working group
  • Member of the Commission of Specialists of the University of Provence, section 34

Awards and distinctions

  • 1976 : Prix Esclangon from the Société Française de Physique
  • 1979 : Prix Stroobant from the Académie royale de Belgique
  • 1980 : Prize from the International Commission for Optics 
  • 1981 : Prix du Rayonnement Français
  • 1984 : Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite
  • 1989 : Rank Prize 
  • 1990 : " Tinsley Prize " from the American Astronomical Society
  • 1993 : Grand prix CEA from the Académie des Sciences
  • 1994 : Member of the French Academy of Sciences

Stellar and Exoplanetary Interferometry Laboratory

Created on January1, 2000 as part of the Observational Astrophysics Chair at the Collège de France, held by Antoine Labeyrie since 1990, the Laboratoire pour l'Interférométrie Stellaire et Exoplanétaire (LISE) was initially housed at the Haute-Provence observatory, which was at the time one of the three components of OSU-Marseille-Provence. At the same time, LISE was also informally associated with the Grand Interféromètre à deux Télescopes (GI2T) team at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA).