Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille Explained

Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille
Birth Name:Nathalie Palanque
Nationality:French
Alma Mater:Télécom Paris
University of Chicago
Occupation:Cosmologist
Known For:Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, Knight of the Legion of Honor
Spouse:Jacques Delabrouille
Children:Three

Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille, (born, 31 October 1970 in Ermont), is a French cosmologist. During her career as a researcher in particle physics, she has taken part in several large-scale experiments. Her work has been recognized several times including the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, the appointment as Knight of the Legion of Honor and her election to the French Academy of Sciences.[1]

Biography

Born in 1970, Palanque-Delabrouille earned an engineering degree from Télécom Paris in 1992 and became a research assistant in the physics department at the University of Chicago. The following year, she became a research assistant in the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the same university. In 1997, Palanque-Delabrouille defended her doctoral thesis Research on galactic dark matter by gravitational microlensing effect in joint supervision between the University of Chicago and the Paris Diderot University, directed by David Schramm and E. Aubourg. In the same year, she obtained a permanent research position at the Institute for research into the fundamental laws of the universe at CEA Saclay (Saclay Nuclear Research Center).

From 2002 to 2011, Palanque-Delabrouille participated in the corrections of the physics tests for the entrance examination to the École Polytechnique. In 2008, she worked with astrophysicist Hubert Reeves on the book Little history of matter and the universe. In 2009 she was appointed senior expert at the CEA in astroparticles and cosmology, and then, in 2014, was named director of research at the CEA.[2]

Her work focuses on dark matter and dark energy, which are considered the main unexplained components of the universe. According to the French National Academy of Sciences,

She contributed to disproving the existence of dark stars to explain the dark matter of our Galaxy, led the first studies of underwater sites for the deployment of a neutrino detector, analyzed stellar explosions, mapped the Cosmos and developed colossal simulations of our Universe to solve the mystery of its accelerating expansion.
In 2011, she co-authored with her husband Jacques Delabrouille, Les nouveaux messagers du cosmos (The new messengers of the Cosmos). During the year 2013-2014, she became visiting researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. She became director of the Physics Division of LBNL in 2021.[3]  

Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille is the mother of three children, and she lives in the Ile-de-France region.

Awards and distinctions

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nathalie Palanque-Delabrouille Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / P Listes par ordre alphabétique Listes des membres Membres Nous connaître . 2022-06-05 . www.academie-sciences.fr.
  2. Web site: 2016-11-01 . Matière et énergie noires : pourquoi n'y voit-on pas plus clair ? . 2022-06-06 . Radio France . fr.
  3. Web site: Palanque-Delabrouille, Nathalie – Physics Directory . 2022-06-05 . en-US.
  4. Web site: Prix Irène Joliot-Curie 2017 : trois femmes de science récompensées . 2022-06-05 . enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr . fr.
  5. Web site: Décret du 13 juillet 2018 portant promotion et nomination Legifrance . 2022-06-05 . archive.wikiwix.com.

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