Background
Balmino, Georges was born on February 9, 1945 in Guben, Germany. Son of Georges Joseph Balmino and Denise Marie Nosland.
Balmino, Georges was born on February 9, 1945 in Guben, Germany. Son of Georges Joseph Balmino and Denise Marie Nosland.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ecole Normale Superieure, Saint-Cloud, 1967.
Research assistant Paris-Meudon Observatory, France, 1967—1972. Scientist Groupe Recherche Geodesie Spatiale, Toulouse, France, since 1971. Lecturer University Paul Sabatier, 1973—1984.
Research engineer Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, 1973—2005, head, department terrestrial, planetary geodesy, 1982—1994, head, division, satellite geodesy, 1995—2004, head, satellite geodesy team, 2004—2005, emeritus scientist, 2005. Assistant professor ENSTA, Paris, 1974—1984. Adjunct professor ENSG-IGN, 1975—1984.
Director Bureau Gravimetrique International, Toulouse, 1979—1999. Secretary general IUGG, Paris, 1991—1999. Executive director GRGS, Paris, 1997—2004.
Active Bureau des Longitudes, Paris, since 1997. Fellow: American Geophysical Union, IUGG-IAG. Member: International Astronomical Union, Ordre National du Merite (Knight award 1998), Academy Air and Space (AAE), Academia Europa.
Married Marie-Jeanne Renee Widmann, August 24, 1968. Children: Frederic Georges, Valerie Marie.