Pr Jean-Pierre Grolier

Jean-Pierre Grolier

born in 1936 in Constantine, Algeria

 After more than 50 years dedicated to science and more specifically to thermodynamics, Professor Grolier retired from the institute of Chemistry of de Clermont-Ferrand in 2018. this page is a short overview of his career, full of very important and prestigious awards and distinctions :

Mister Grolier obtained his PhD in physical chemistry (Docteur-ès-Sciences) in 1970 at the University of Clermont-Ferrand.

Career :

1962-1971: Assistant, University of Clermont-Ferrand, France 

1972-73 and 1977: Post-Doctorate Fellow and Visiting Scientist, National Research Council of Canada, Thermochemistry Laboratory (with Dr. G.C; Benson) Ottawa, Canada

1973: Visiting Scientist, University of Sherbrooke (with Dr. P. Picker), Quebec, Canada       

1974-77: Research Associate, CNRS Microcalorimetry Center, Marseille, France

1971-1983: Assistant-Professor, University of Clermont-Ferrand, France

1981: Visiting Scientist, University of Lethbridge (with Prof. L.G. Hepler), Alberta, Canada

1979-1980 and 1983: Fulbright Visiting Professor and NATO Fellow (with Prof. R.H. Wood), University of Delaware (Newark), Delaware, USA

1985: Visiting Scientist, University of Edmonton (with Prof. L.G. Hepler), Alberta, Canada

1983-2007: Full Professor, Department of Chemistry Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France

2007- : Emeritus Professor, Institute of Chemistry of Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Awards and Prizes : 

1985: Calvet Prize from French Association for Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis

1991: Polish Association for Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis, Member of Honour

1994: Swietoslawski Medal from Polish Association for Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis

1994: Kurnakov Medal from Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences

1997: H. Huffman Memorial Award from American Calorimetry Conference

1998: Applied Chemical Thermodynamics Prize from Swiss Association for Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis

2004: F.D. Rossini Award for Excellence in Thermodynamics, from International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

2005: Mège Prize from Académie des Sciences Belles-Lettres et Arts de Clermont-Ferrand

2008: AICAT-SETARAM Award, from Italian Association of Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis