Françoise Combes
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Françoise Combes is a French astrophysicist and a professor at the Paris Observatory
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From 1971 to 1975 she studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
. She got an Agregation of Physics in 1975 and a PhD from Paris Diderot University, with a thesis about "Dynamics and structure of galaxies".
Since 2009 she is the president of COFUSI (Comité Français des Unions Scientifiques Internationales).
Paris Observatory
The Paris Observatory is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centres in the world...
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From 1971 to 1975 she studied at the Ecole Normale Supérieure
École Normale Supérieure
The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles...
. She got an Agregation of Physics in 1975 and a PhD from Paris Diderot University, with a thesis about "Dynamics and structure of galaxies".
Since 2009 she is the president of COFUSI (Comité Français des Unions Scientifiques Internationales).
Awards
- Silver medal of CNRS in 2001
- Tycho Brahe Prize of the European Astronomical SocietyEuropean Astronomical SocietyThe European Astronomical Society is a learned society, founded under the Swiss Civil Code in 1990, as an association to contribute and promote the advancement of astronomy in Europe, and to deal with astronomical matters at a European level...
in 2009 - Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2006
- IBM physics prize in 1986