Pierre Adrien Joliot-Curie is a French biologist and researcher for the French National Centre for Scientific Research, specialising in photosynthesis. 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 in 1982 and of the Légion d'honneur in 1984.
- Occupation
- biologist, professor, writer, biochemist
- Position held
- president
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- March 12, 1932