Jean Marie Tarascon

Jean Marie Tarascon is a distinguished Professor at College de France (holding the chair "Chemistry of solids - Energy") and the University of Picardie Jules Verne. He currently serves as Director of the French Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E).

• Fields of Scholarship: Nanomaterials, Materials Science, Superconductivity, Molecular Electronics, Lithium Polymer Batteries

Scientific Awards:

• 2020 Balzan Prize for Environmental Challenges: Materials Science for Renewable Energy
• 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Centenary Prize
• 2014 Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS)
• 2008 UPJV Gold Medalist
• 2005 Académie des Sciences Nominee
• 2002 New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame