Sébastien Balibar

Sébastien Balibar (born 14 October 1947 in Tours) is a French physicist and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. On May 1, 2017, he signed with other scientists a text calling for a vote in favor of Emmanuel Macron during the second round of the 2017 presidential election, in order to "block the road to the worst", represented by Marine Le Pen.

Awards

 * 1978 – Prix Brelot de la Société Française de Physique
 * 1988 – Prix Paul Langevin de l'Académie des Sciences
 * 1989 – "Photographic Award", conférence ICCG9, Sendai, Japon (with E. Rolley)
 * 1994 – Grand Prix du Bicentenaire de l'École Polytechnique (Prix Dargelos)
 * 1999 – Professeur Invité, Konstanz Universität, Allemagne
 * 1999 – Senior Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
 * 1999 – Professeur invité, Kyoto University, Japan
 * 1999–2000 – Loeb lecturer, Harvard University, USA
 * 2003 – Professeur invité, Kyoto University, Japan
 * 2005 – Fritz London memorial prize [with J.C. Seamus Davis (Cornell) and R.E. Packard (Berkeley)]
 * 2005 – Fellow of the American Physical Society (voir le site de l'APS)
 * 2007 – Three Physicists Prize, ENS (Paris)
 * 2009 – Lauréat de l'European Research Council (ERC Advanced grants)
 * 2012 – Grand Prix Jean-Ricard de la Société Française de Physique