Jacques Lucas#
| Membership Number: | 1840 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor Emeritus
- 1968 Professor at the University of Rennes, Founder and Director of the Laboratory of Glass and Ceramics
Fields of Scholarship
- Fluoride glasses
- Infrared transmitting glasses
- Optical telecommunications
- Solid chemistry
- TeX lenses
Honours and Awards
- 1964 CNRS Bronze medal
- 1978 Silver medal from the Société des hautes températures et réfractaires
- 1980 Gold medal from the Société d'encouragement de l'industrie nationale
- 1979 Prize of the Schützenberger Foundation of the French Academy of sciences
- 1987 Louis Bourdon Medal for National Industry
- 1987 Ivan Peychès Prize from the French Academy of sciences
- 1989 Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and George W. Morey Award of the American Ceramic Society
- 1997 Grand Prize for Innovation and Defence
- 1998 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2000 Grand prix Pierre-Süe de la Société française de chimie
- 2000 Honorary doctorate from the University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
- Member of the French Academy of sciences
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
