Sylvie Vauclair

Sylvie Vauclair

Born	Sylvie Denise Juliette Gueudet March 7, 1946 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Occupations	Astrophysicist professor
Title	president, Société Française d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique
Awards	Officer, Ordre national du Mérite Officer, Ordre des Palmes académiques Knight, Legion of Honour
Scientific career
Institutions	Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University Paris Diderot University
Thesis	Diffusion et abondance des éléments légers dans les étoiles (1975)
Doctoral advisors	Hubert Reeves Evry Schatzman

Website	http://sylvievauclair.com/

Sylvie Vauclair (born on March 7, 1946, in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) is a French astrophysicist (at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie), and professor emeritus (at the Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier University), where she taught for more than 30 years. She also taught for a decade at the Paris Diderot University. She has served as president of the Société Française d'Astronomie et d'Astrophysique.