Bernard Bigot | |
Birth Date: | 1950 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Blois, France |
Death Place: | France |
Fields: | Nuclear physics |
Workplaces: | École normale supérieure de Lyon Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ITER |
Alma Mater: | École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines Pierre and Marie Curie University |
Thesis1 Title: | Étude théorique de la réactivité des états excités des molécules organiques par la méthode des corrélations naturelles |
Thesis1 Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/title/863642861 |
Thesis1 Year: | 1979 |
Doctoral Advisor: | Lionel Salem |
Spouse: | Chantal Bigot-Martin (née Martin) |
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Bernard Bigot (in French pronounced as /bɛʁnar biɡo/; 24 January 1950 – 14 May 2022) was an academic, civil servant. He served as the Director-General of the ITER organization between 2015 and 2022.[1] He was the president of the École normale supérieure de Lyon, and director of the French Commission for Atomic Energy.[2]
Bigot completed his doctoral thesis in 1979 at Orsay with Lionel Salem as his supervisor, titled Étude théorique de la réactivité des états excités des molécules organiques par la méthode des corrélations naturelles.[3]
Bigot married Chantal Martin in 1975.
Bigot died on May 14, 2022, at the age of 72.[4] [5]