Pierre Joliot

Pierre Joliot (born in Paris, 12 March, 1932) is a noted French biologist and researcher for the CNRS. A researcher there since 1956, he became a Director of Research in 1974 and a member of their scientific council in 1992. He was a scientific advisor to the French Prime Minister from 1985 to 1986 and is a member of Academia Europæa. He was made a commander of the Ordre National du Mérite (English: the National Order of Merit) in 1982 and of the Légion d'honneur (English: Legion of Honor) in 1984.

Pierre Joliot is currently a professor at the Collège de France and a member of the Academy of Science of France. In 2002, he published a paper presenting the design of the research, 'La Recherche Passionnément' (English: Research Passionately).

Family
Joliot is from a family of noted scientists. His grandparents, Marie and Pierre Curie won a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 with Henri Becquerel for their study of radioactivity. Marie Curie is also the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in different sciences, her second award being in chemistry for her discovery of radium. Joliot's parents, Irène Joliot-Curie and Frédéric Joliot-Curie, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1935 for their discovery of artificial radioactivity. His sister, Hélène Langevin-Joliot, is a noted nuclear physicist.