Janine Cossy facts for kids
Janine Cossy (born in 1950) is a famous French chemist. She is known for making special products that are active in living things. She is also a professor of organic chemistry at ESPCI Paris.
About Her Life
Janine Cossy studied chemistry and earned a high degree called a doctorate from the University of Reims. After that, she worked with Professor Barry Trost at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. This was a special research job called a post-doctoral fellowship.
In 1990, Janine Cossy became a professor at ESPCI ParisTech. Her work focuses on making natural products that are useful for health. These include medicines to fight cancer, antibiotics, and products that help with swelling. She also studies how certain chemical reactions happen.
Janine Cossy has also worked as an advisor for big companies like Rhône-Poulenc, Rhodia, and L'Oréal. She also helped start two companies called Acanthe Biotech and CDP Innovation.
Awards and Recognitions
Janine Cossy has received many important awards and honors for her work:
- She was chosen to lead the Organic Chemistry Division of the French Chemical Society from 2002 to 2006. She also led the Franco-Japanese Chemical Society.
- In 1996, she received the Jungfleish Prize from the Academy of Sciences.
- She was awarded the CNRS Silver Medal in 1996. This is a big honor from a top French research organization.
- In 2009, she won the Grand Prix Achille Le Bel from the French Chemical Society.
- She was made a Knight in the National Order of Merit in 1997. This is a special award from the French government.
- She received awards from several pharmaceutical companies. These include Novartis (2000, 2008), Boehringer Ingelheim (2001), Eli Lilly and Company (2008), Abbott Laboratories (2008), AstraZeneca (2010), and Bristol-Myers-Squibb (2010).
- In 2013, she was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. This is one of France's highest awards.
Janine Cossy is also part of several important groups. She is a member of IUPAC, which sets rules for chemistry worldwide. She is also on the steering committee of the Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Foundation for Research. She helps guide the scientific work of CNRS. She also helps edit several science magazines like Organic Letters and Journal of Organic Chemistry.
Books She Wrote
Janine Cossy has written or helped write several science books, including:
- Carbon with No Attached Heteroatoms (Elsevier Science, 2005)
- Comprehensive organic functional group transformations (Elsevier Science, 2005)
See also
In Spanish: Janine Cossy para niños
