Christiane Bonnelle

Professor Christiane Bonnelle
Died	(2016-08-21)21 August 2016
Nationality	French
Alma mater	Sorbonne (Bachelor of Science, 1954; Doctor of Science, 1964)
Awards	CNRS Bronze Medal Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Scientific career
Fields	Spectral analysis Spectroheliograms of the solar corona X-ray spectroscopy
Institutions	CNRS Sorbonne Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Pierre and Marie Curie University

Christiane Bonnelle (French pronunciation: [kʁistjan bɔnɛl] , died 21 August 2016) was a French physicist and pioneering spectroscopist, who served as professor emeritus at Pierre and Marie Curie University.

Career and education

Bonnelle studied at the Sorbonne, from which she received Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Science degrees. After completing her degree, Bonnelle worked at CNRS in 1955, where she worked as an intern and then researcher. In 1960 she started working as an assistant professor at the Sorbonne, becoming a professor in 1967. She moved to Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1974, where she became director of the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry in 1979. Bonnelle worked in this role until 1990.

Research

Bonnelle's research on solid-solid interfaces produced developments in the measurement of the nanometre, which facilitated developments in electron probes produced by CAMECA.

Awards

In 1967 she received a CNRS bronze medal. She is also a chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

Selected publications

• "Distribution des états f dans les métaux et les oxyde de terres rares", Journal de Physique, 32, C4-230 (1971) with R.C. Karnatak (DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1971443). This paper described observations of excited states.
• "Analyses par spectroscopie X des distributions 5f de l'uranium dans le métal et UO", Journal de Physique, 35 295-299 (1979) with G. Lachère (DOI: 10.1051/jphys:01974003503029500). This paper dealt with radiative transitions on uranium.
• "Resonant X-ray Emission Spectroscopy in Solids", Advances in X-Ray Spectroscopy: Contributions in Honour of Professor Y. Cauchois (Elsevier, 2013).