Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
	De Gennes in 2006
Born	24 October 1932; Paris, France
Died	18 May 2007 (aged 74); Orsay, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure; Paris-Saclay University
Known for	Being the founder of soft matter physics; Landau–de Gennes theory; Polymer physics; Reptation; Liquid crystalline elastomer; Bogoliubov–de Gennes equation ; de Gennes–Alexander theory; Caroli–de Gennes–Matricon state; Fisher–de Gennes scaling; de Gennes–Kleman length
Children	7, including Claire Wyart
Awards	Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize (1968); Bourke Award (1976); Racah Lecture (1976); Ampère Prize (1977); CNRS Gold Medal (1980); Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (1983); ForMemRS (1984); Fritz London Memorial Lecure (1985); Matteucci Medal (1987); Harvey Prize (1988); Lorentz Medal (1990); Wolf Prize (1990); Nobel Prize for Physics (1991); Onsager Lecture (1997); Eringen Medal (1998);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics; Soft matter; Superconductivity
Institutions	ESPCI; Collège de France; University of Paris XI;
Thesis	Contribution à l'étude de la diffusion magnétique des neutrons (1957)
Doctoral advisor	Francis Perrin

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (French: [ʒɛn]; 24 October 1932 – 18 May 2007) was a French physicist and the Nobel Prize laureate in physics in 1991.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
De Gennes in 2006
Born	(1932-10-24)24 October 1932 Paris, France
Died	18 May 2007(2007-05-18) (aged 74) Orsay, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay University
Known for	Being the founder of soft matter physics Landau–de Gennes theory Polymer physics Reptation Liquid crystalline elastomer Bogoliubov–de Gennes equation de Gennes–Alexander theory Caroli–de Gennes–Matricon state Fisher–de Gennes scaling de Gennes–Kleman length
Children	7, including Claire Wyart
Awards	Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize (1968) Bourke Award (1976) Racah Lecture (1976) Ampère Prize (1977) CNRS Gold Medal (1980) Gay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (1983) ForMemRS (1984) Fritz London Memorial Lecure (1985) Matteucci Medal (1987) Harvey Prize (1988) Lorentz Medal (1990) Wolf Prize (1990) Nobel Prize for Physics (1991) Onsager Lecture (1997) Eringen Medal (1998)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics Soft matter Superconductivity
Institutions	ESPCI Collège de France University of Paris XI
Thesis	Contribution à l'étude de la diffusion magnétique des neutrons (1957)
Doctoral advisor	Francis Perrin