Jean-Marie Dubois

Honorary Director of the Jean Lamour Institute - CNRS, France

Jean-Marie Dubois is an emeritus professor at the CNRS and a scientific advisor to the Jožef Stefan Institute (IJS). His research career has been dedicated to complex metal alloys with special emphasis on quasicrystals, complex alloys, magnetocaloric materials, and hydrogen storage materials. He has been the coordinator of a number of European projects, including the IJS, and was the founding director of the Jean Lamour Institute, Nancy.

Professor Dubois is a Knight of the Golden Order of the French Academy of Sciences, an honorary member of the Jožef Stefan Institute, and the recipient of honorary doctorates from three universities in the USA, Brazil, and China. He has been awarded several international prizes, such as the Robert F. Mehl TMS Award and the Fray Award. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, the Stanislas Academy, and the Lorraine Academy of Sciences in Nancy, France, which he also chairs.

Professor Jean-Marie Dubois, while he was the scientific coordinator of the “European Network of Excellence” NoE “Complex Metallic Alloys,” significantly contributed to the enhancement of the Jožef Stefan Institute’s reputation and its wider recognition as the holder and organizer of the five-year European School.