Hélène Bouchiat
Hélène Bouchiat is a French condensed matter physicist specializing in mesoscopic physics and nanoscience. She is a director of research in the French National Centre for Scientific Research, associated with the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides at Paris-Sud University. Topics in her research include supercurrents, persistent currents, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and bismuth-based topological insulators.Education and career
Bouchiat is the daughter of physicists Marie-Anne Bouchiat and Claude Bouchiat, and was a student at the École normale supérieure. Her 1986 doctoral dissertation, Transition verre de spin : comportement critique et bruit magnétique, was supervised by at Paris-Sud University. With the exception of an 18-month postdoctoral research visit at Bell Labs, she has spent her entire career with the CNRS.Recognition
Bouchiat is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, elected in 2010. The academy also gave her their Anatole and Suzanne Abragam Prize in 1994, and their in 1998. She won the CNRS bronze and silver medals in 1987 and 2007 respectively.
