13 Facts About Jean-Marie Tarascon

Jean-Marie Tarascon FRSC was born on September 21,1953 and is professor of chemistry at the College de France in Paris and director of the French Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage.

Jean-Marie Tarascon worked at Bell Labs and Bellcore from 1982 to 1994, then moved to the University of Picardie Jules Verne in 1994.

Jean-Marie Tarascon has been at the College de France since 2010.

Jean-Marie Tarascon is credited with laying foundations of the reputable Erasmus mundus masters course in energy storage and conversion "Materials for energy storage and conversion" hosted by UPJV, Amiens in association with seven universities across the globe and several energy research networks.

Jean-Marie Tarascon's research investigates the synthesis of novel electronic phenomena and materials such as superconductors, ferroelectrics, fluoride glasses, rechargeable batteries and colossal magnetoresistance.

Jean-Marie Tarascon has made many contributions to superconductivity and was the original proponent of the thin and flexible plastic lithium ion battery.

Jean-Marie Tarascon was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2014.

Jean-Marie Tarascon is distinguished for his outstanding leadership in the materials chemistry of energy conversion and storage devices and for seminal studies of high temperature superconductors.

Jean-Marie Tarascon's pioneering work on electrode reaction processes that can store more energy than those in conventional lithium-ion batteries, his work on molecular electrodes and his realization of the plastic battery, have changed thinking in the field.

Jean-Marie Tarascon was honoured by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002.

Jean-Marie Tarascon was nominated to the Academie des Sciences in 2005, and was the University of Picardie Jules Verne gold medalist in 2008.

Jean-Marie Tarascon won the ENI Protection of the Environment award in 2011.

Jean-Marie Tarascon was one of the five nominated for the CNRS Innovation Medals.