Georges Vachaud#
| Membership Number: | 1790 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus
- 1964 - 2004 French National Research Council (CNRS)(Classe Exceptionelle 2)
Fields of Scholarship
- Water and contaminant transport from the soil surface to the groundwater through the unsaturated zone of the soil
- Surface water pollution and contamination of water ecosystems in tropical areas (Asia)
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Grand Prize, French Academy of Science
- 2008 National Order of Merit, French Republic
- Medal of Science and Technology, RS Vietnam
- 2003 Darcy Medal of the European Union of Geosciences
- 1977 Silver Medal of CNRS
- 2014 Dr Honoris Causa, HCM Techn. University Vietnam
- 1998 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1992-1996 President of European Geophysical Society,
- 1995-2008 Editor in Chief, Journal of Hydrology
- 1998 to 2004 President of the Scientific Committee of the French Geological Survey
