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French physicist and materials scientist (1936–2022)
Christian Janot
Born(1936-01-04)January 4, 1936
Saint-Dizier, France
DiedFebruary 23, 2022(2022-02-23) (aged 86)
La Buisse, France
EducationUniversity of Dijon
University of Nancy
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Lorraine
Institut Laue Langevin
University of Grenoble
Doctoral advisorArmand Hadni

Christian Alfred Elie Janot (January 4, 1936 – February 23, 2022) was a French physicist and materials scientist known for his work on materials characterization using Mössbauer spectroscopy and his physical metallurgy studies of quasicrystals and noncrystalline materials using neutron scattering techniques.

Education and career

Janot studied physics and mathematics at the University of Dijon and later joined Armand Hadni at University of Nancy, where he received his PhD in 1963. Janot was one of the founding directors of the Jean Lamour Institute, a joint research institute between CNRS and the University of Lorraine. Between 1982 and 1991, Janot was appointed senior scientist at Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble, France, and retained a long-term visitor position afterwards. During this period, Janot also became a professor at Joseph Fourier University (later part of Grenoble Alpes University).

Janot cowrote several textbooks in physics and materials science. Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman wrote a forward for his classic monograph on quasicrystals.

Honors and awards

Janot was a French Government Overseas Fellow in 1981 at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He was also a visiting professor at Sapienza University of Rome.

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "[Hommage] Christian Janot, ancien directeur du Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux (LPM) | IJL". ijl.univ-lorraine.fr. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
  2. "Christian Janot, IdRef : 028921100".
  3. "ARILL - Association des retraités de l'Institut Laue-Langevin : Christian Janot". www.arill.fr. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  4. Janot, C (2012). Quasicrystals: a primer. Oxford; New York: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-102179-4. OCLC 893707553.
  5. de Boissieu, M. (2014-05-01). "Quasicrystals. A Primer, second edition. By Christian Janot. Oxford Classic Texts in the Physical Sciences. Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. 427. Price GBP 42.50 (paperback). ISBN 978-0-19-965740-7". Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances. 70 (3): 308. doi:10.1107/S2053273314000266. ISSN 2053-2733.
  6. "French Government Fellowship at Churchill College" (PDF).
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