Gérard Férey

Gérard Férey (14 July 1941 – 19 August 2017) was a French chemist. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, teacher at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. He is specialized in the physical chemistry of solids and materials. Gérard FÉREY  Gérard Férey, grand architecte de la matière

In September 2010, he received the CNRS Gold medal, the highest French scientific distinctions. Médaille d'or 2010 du CNRS : Gérard Férey, chimiste et architecte de la matière

 Biography 
Gerard Férey was a lecturer at the University of Maine.  In 1968, he founded the Department of Chemistry at Le Mans. Gérard Férey, "Architecte de la matière"  He obtains his doctoral at the Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University in 1977.

He was a teacher at the University of Maine from 1981 to 1996 and the at the Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines since that date. Gérard Férey, lauréat de la médaille d'or 2010 du CNRS  From 1988 to 1992 he was deputy director of the Department of Chemistry at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

He was elected to the Academia Europaea in 1994  and to the French Academy of Sciences the 18th of November 2003. Exclusif : Gérard Férey, médaille d'or du CNRS 

 Awards 
 CNRS Gold medal (2010) Gérard Férey : médaille d’or du CNRS 
 Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
 Officier Ordre des Palmes Académiques
 Officier of the Ordre national du Mérite

References

Category:French chemists
Category:1941 births
Category:Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University faculty
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Members of Academia Europaea