Charles J. JOACHAIN BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Born in Brussels, Belgium, May 9, 1937 Nationality : Belgian Married to Halina Bukowinski Two children : Philippe and Hélène Address : Physique Théorique et Mathématique Université Libre de Bruxelles Campus Plaine, C.P. 227 Boulevard du Triomphe B-1050 Bruxelles Belgium Tel : +32-2-650 5578 Fax : +32-2 650 5098 Email : cjoacha@ulb.ac.be DIPLOMAS -1959 Licencié en Sciences Physiques (La Plus Grande Distinction), Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1963 Docteur (Ph.D.) en Sciences Physiques (La Plus Grande Distinction), Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1989 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Durham (UK).
POSITIONS OCCUPIED -1959-1960 Stagiaire de Recherches, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium. -1960-1963 Aspirant, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium. -1963-1965 Chargé de Recherches, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium. -1965-1971 Chargé de cours associé, Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1968-1971 Chargé de cours, Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1971-1978 Professeur extraordinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1974-2002 Director of the Service de Physique Atomique Théorique, Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1978-2002 Professeur ordinaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1984-2002 Professeur, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve. -2002-present Professeur honoraire, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve. -2002-present Professeur ordinaire émérite, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
STAYS AND INVITATIONS IN FOREIGH COUNTRIES -1964-1965 Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation at the University of California (Berkeley). -1965-1966 Postdoctoral Research Physicist at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. -1969-1970 Invited Professor at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. -1972 Invited Professor at the University of Massachusetts. -1976 Invited Professor at Royal Holloway College (University of London). -1978 Invited Professor at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. -1981 Invited Professor at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. -1983 Invited Professor at the University of Durham (UK). -1987 Invited Professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI). -1989 Invited Professor, University of California (Berkeley) and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
-1991 Invited Professor at the University of California (Berkeley) and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. -1999-2004 Invited Professor (Alexander von Humboldt Award) at the Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik (Garching, Germany). -2001-2005 Invited Professor at the University of Rome «La Sapienza».
SCIENTIFIC DISTINCTIONS AND PRIZES -1956 Prize of the European Research Associates. -1957 Prix Fleurice Mercier (University of Brussels). -1960 Medal of the University of Brussels. -1963 Prix Scientifique Louis Empain, Sciences Physiques. -1964-1965 Fellow of the Belgian American Educational Foundation. -1973-1977 Member, International Committee of the Physics 1987-1991 of Electronic and Atomic Collisions. -1974 Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK). -1976 Science Research Council Fellow at the University of London (Royal Holloway College). -1977 Fellow of the American Physical Society. -1979-1995 Member of the Scientific Committee of five NATO Advanced Study Institutes. -1980-1981 Chairman of the Department of Physics of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. -1981-1984 Deputy Editor, Journal of Physics B.
-1982 Director, NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Atomic and Molecular Physics of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion" (Santa Flavia, Italy). -1983 Invited Professor, University of Vienna, Graz and Innsbrück (Austrian-Belgian cultural agreement). -1983 Invited Professor, University of Durham (Belgian Guest Visitors program of the British Council). -1984-1990 Co-Editor, Europhysics Letters. -1984-1993 Chairman of the Section of Electronic and Atomic Collisions of the European Physical Society. -1987-1989 President of the Belgian Physical Society. -1989 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Durham (UK). -1990-2001 Advisory Editor, Europhysics Letters. -1990-2002 Chairman of the contact group «Atoms, Molecules and Radiation» of the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium. -1992-1996 Member of the Physics Panel of the European Community (Third and Fourth Framework Programmes). -1992-2003 Member of the International Advisory Committee, Journal of Physics B. -1992-2002 Coordinator of the Belgian inter-university third cycle programme of the Fonds National de
la Recherche Scientifique on atomic and molecular physics. -1993-1996 Coordinator of the research project "Theoretical atomic, nuclear and particle physics " (Fellowships to Institutes programme of the European Community). -1994-1997 Coordinator of the research project "Atoms in super-intense laser fields" (Network programme of the European Community). -1995 Director of the seminar on «Multiparticle atomic systems in intense laser fields» at the Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard University. -1996-1998 Referee for the «Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council» (UK). -1998-2000 Co-Editor, European Physical Journal D. -1998 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award. -1999-2004 Chairman of the European Science Foundation research programme "Interaction of superintense, femtosecond laser fields with atoms, solids and plasmas". -2000 Co-Director of the course on «Atoms, Solids and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields» at the Ettore Majorana International Centre for
Scientific Culture (Erice, Italy, 8-14 July 2000). -2000 Chairman of the Euroconference «Atoms and Molecules in Super-Intense Laser Fields» (Maratea, Italy, September 9-14, 2000). -2003 Co-Director of the course on «Atoms and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields» at the Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice,Italy, 5-15 July 2003). -2003-2008 Member of the Editorial Board of «Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics». -2004 Member of the Académie Royale de Belgique (Classe des Sciences). -2004-2008 Chairman of the scientific progamme «Lasermatter interactions with ultra-short pulses, high-frequency pulses and ultra-intense pulses. From attophysics to petawatt physics» (COST Action of the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Union). -2006 Co-Director of the course on «Matter in Super- Intense Laser Fields» at the Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice, Italy, 27 June - 5 July 2006). -2006-2011 President of the «Institut des Hautes Etudes de Belgique».
-2006 Member of the Academia Europaea. -2007 Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. -2009-present Chairman of the European Science Foundation research programme " Super-intense laser-matter interactions» -2009 Co-Director of the course on «Atoms and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields» at the Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice, Italy, 10-17 July 2009). -2011 Co-Director of the course on «Atoms and Plasmas in Super-Intense Laser Fields» at the Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture (Erice, Italy, 14-24 July 2011). -2012 Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics of the European Academy of Sciences.