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Françoise Combes

French astrophysicist and President of the French Academy of Sciences
Person human Q3086447

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[33]
Date of birth
August 12, 1952
Place of birth
Montpellier
Country of citizenship
France[8]
Occupation
astrophysicist, astronomer, university teacher, editor, physicist, researcher[9]
Employer
National Center for Scientific Research, Collège de France, École Normale Supérieure, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris Observatory, PSL University, Astronomy and Astrophysics[11][12][13][14][15]
Field of work
Physique galactique[10]
Position held
president
Educated at
École Normale Supérieure, Paris Diderot University, Paris Diderot University[16]
Award received
Knight of the Legion of Honour, CNRS silver medal, Petrie Prize Lecture, Tycho Brahe Medal, Officer of the National Order of Merit, Three Physicists Prize, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award, Prix Jules Janssen, CNRS Gold medal, L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science, Commander of the National Order of Merit, Ernst Mach Medal[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Doctoral student
Simon Verley, Jonathan Braine, Frédéric Bournaud, Fabienne Casoli, Susanne von Linden, Pieter S. Mulder, Benjamin L'Huillier, François Boulanger, Sunghye Baek, Viviana Casasola, Francois Boulanger, Maryvonne Gerin, C Horellou, Benoit Semelin[34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[54]
Academic degree
doctorate in France, doctorate in France[48]
Assessment
agrégation of physics
Family name
Combes[50]
Given name
Françoise, Marie, Paule[51][52][53]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
French Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, International Astronomical Union[30][31][32]
Name in native language
Françoise Combes[55]
P14528
29414
Residence
Paris[49]
🏷️ Also known as
en Françoise Combes en F. Combes ar فرانسواز كمبس cs Françoise Combesová fa فرانسوا کومب fi Françoise Combes-Bottaro fr Françoise Combes-Bottaro it F. Combes it Françoise Combes-Bottaro nl F. Combes ru Комб, Франсуаза ru Франсуаза Комб zh Françoise Combes zh 弗朗索瓦丝·孔布
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000122844704
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2658-7893
VIAF cluster ID
120104880
Library of Congress authority ID
n88626652
GND ID
1121321151
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Francoise-Combes-2010.PNG ↗
AE member ID
Combes_Françoise
AcademiaNet ID
1144873
Academic Tree ID
760620
Académie royale de Belgique member ID
francoise-combes
AstroGen ID
41741
BIBSYS ID
90536720
Show all 58 identifiers +46
Babelio author ID
131312
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12226812v
CANTIC ID
981058589114106706
CNRS Talent page
francoise-combes, francoise-combes-0
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf13671195
Canal-U person ID
combes-francoise-030955076
CiNii Research ID
1140000791678863360
Collège de France professor ID
francoise-combes
DDB person (GND) ID
1121321151
DUC ID
francoise-combes
Described at URL
comihistocnrs.hypotheses.org
Dimensions author ID
016026021451.14
Freebase ID
/m/0g9wj2k
French Academy of Sciences member ID
francoise-combes
Google Scholar author ID
korB95oAAAAJ
IAU member ID (archived)
5177
INSPIRE-HEP author ID
F.Combes.1
IdRef ID
030955076
KBR person ID
14134175
Loop ID
340256
MR Author ID
353514
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
114012
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA05201553
NL CR AUT ID
ntk2010537688
NUKAT ID
n02726364
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007424735505171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
080683649
Obálky knih ID
ntk2010537688
OpenMLOL author ID
298269
Parsifal cluster ID
662525
PhDTree person ID
combes-francoise
Publons author ID
2779812
RERO ID (legacy)
A003120951
Radio France person ID
francoise-combes
ResearcherID
F-6046-2011
SBN author ID
TO0V545182
SHARE Catalogue author ID
351088
Scopus author ID
7004959652
Springer Nature person ID
016026021451.14
Theses.fr person ID
030955076
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058589114106706
Who's Who in France biography ID
49506
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJvXgqvGF4CGfG8DT9VKVC
X (Twitter) username
CombesFrancoise
Yale LUX ID
person/c828d579-bc42-47ca-872a-f3e948448fd3
ZbMATH author ID
combes.francoise

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🔗 Connections
Award received 9
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science, Prix Jules Janssen, CNRS Gold medal, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Tycho Brahe Medal, Petrie Prize Lecture, Three Physicists Prize, CNRS silver medal +1 more
Affiliated with 6
Collège de France, Paris Observatory, PSL University, National Center for Scientific Research, Sorbonne University, PSL Research University, Laboratoire d'études du rayonnement et de la matière en astrophysique et atmosphères
Employer 6
Collège de France, École Normale Supérieure, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris Observatory, PSL University, National Center for Scientific Research, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Occupation 6
astronomer, physicist, researcher, editor, university teacher, astrophysicist
Author of 3
Exploring the GalMer database: bar properties and non-circular motions, The effect of fluctuating fuzzy axion haloes on stellar dynamics: a stochastic model, The GECKOS survey: Identifying kinematic sub-structures in edge-on galaxies
Member of 3
International Astronomical Union, French Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea
← Authored by 3
Exploring the GalMer database: bar properties and non-circular motions, The effect of fluctuating fuzzy axion haloes on stellar dynamics: a stochastic model, The GECKOS survey: Identifying kinematic sub-structures in edge-on galaxies
Educated at 2
École Normale Supérieure, Paris Diderot University
Given name 2
Marie, Françoise
Chaired by 1
French Academy of Sciences
Country of citizenship 1
France
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Montpellier
Position held 1
president
Residence 1
Paris
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Françoise Combes was born on August 12, 1952[1], in Montpellier[2]. She has worked as an astrophysicist[3], astronomer[4], university teacher[5], editor[6], and physicist[7].

FAQs

Where was Françoise Combes born?

Françoise Combes's place of birth was Montpellier[2].

What did Françoise Combes do for work?

Françoise Combes worked as an astrophysicist[3], astronomer[4], university teacher[5], editor[6], and physicist[7].

Where did Françoise Combes go to school?

Françoise Combes was educated at École Normale Supérieure[16].

What awards did Françoise Combes receive?

Honors received include Knight of the Legion of Honour[17], CNRS silver medal[18], Petrie Prize Lecture[19], and Tycho Brahe Medal[20].

Related Entities

Astronomy and Astrophysics France National Center for Scientific Research

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