The prix Joliot-Curie was established by the Société Française de Physique on 17 December 1956 as a prize to recognise the work of an individual in the field of nuclear or particle physics. It is awarded on an annual basis.Société française de physique - Prix de spécialité It was named in honour of chemist and physicist Irene Joliot-Curie. Initially called the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, it was renamed in 1958 to differentiate it from the Irène Joliot-Curie Prize awarded by the French Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche (Ministry of Higher Education and Research).
The prix Joliot-Curie recognises outstanding work in the field of nuclear physics on even-numbered years, and in the fields of particle physics on odd-numbered years.
List of prize winners YearWinner1957Georges Bouissières1958Henriette Mathieu-Faraggi1959Jean Crussard1960Raymond Armbruster1961André Lagarrigue1962Robert Walen1963Pierre Lehmann1964Christophe Tzara1965Georges Charpak1966Vincent Gillet1967Robert Meunier1968Jean-Paul Schapira1969Peter Sonderegger1970Robert Klapisch1971Lucien Montanet1972Jean Saudinos1973Pierre Darriulat1974Claude Détraz1975Jean-Pierre Vialle1976Joël Galin1977Michel Della Negra1978Jean Delorme1979Alain Diamant-Berger1980Marie-Claude Lemaire1981Philippe Bloch1982Bernard Haas1983Michel Spiro1984Nimet Frascaria1985Jean-Jacques Aubert1986Daniel Gogny1987François Pierre1988Paul Bonche1989Daniel Denegri1990Alexander Mueller1991Jean-François Grivaz1992Bernard Tamain1993Marc Virchaux1994Xavier Campi1995Patrick Roudeau1996Marek Lewitowicz1997Roy Aleksan1998Fazia Hannachi1999Reynald Pain2000Christian Cavata2001Jean Karyotakis2002Yorick Blumenfeld2003Guillaume Unal2004Sylvain David 2005Gautier Hamel de Monchenault2006Christelle Roy2007Andreas Hoecker2008Francesca Gulminelli2009Jan Stark2010David Lhuillier2011Christophe Yèche2012Thomas Duguet 2013Fabrice Hubaut2014Michel Guidal 2015Maarten Boonekamp2016Navin Alahari 2017Sylvie Rosier-Lees 2018Stéphane Grévy 2019Vincent Tisserand 2020Marcella Grasso2021Caroline Collard2022Jérôme Margueron2023Matthew Charles2024Beatriz Jurado
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