Marcel Jean André

Background

André, Marcel Jean was born on September 25, 1934 in Mirebel, France. Son of Léon Luc and Andrée Marie (Grandvaux) André.

Education

Degree in engineering, University Grenoble, France, 1958. Degree in engineering, University Grenoble, France, 1959. Certified nuclear physics and accelerators, University Grenoble, France, 1959.

Career

Researcher, Radio-Agronomy Institute Basic Research, Cadarache, France, 1962-1974; head ecophysiology laboratory, Center for Educational Affairs, Cadarache, 1974-1990; science counselor ecophysiology section, Center for Educational Affairs, Cadarache, 1990-1993; science consultant to director department plant and microbiology ecophysiology, Center for Educational Affairs, Cadarache, 1993-1996. Consultant life science working group European Space Agency, Paris, 1986-1989. Consultant Celss test facility project Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California, 1991-1993.

Consultant National Aerospace Laboratory, Tokyo, 1990. Chairman commission on artificial and natural ecosystem Committee Space Research, 1992-1996. Fellow department plant biology Carnegie Institute at Stanford, California, since 1968.

Achievements

• Marcel Jean André has been listed as a notable Plant scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Councilman City of Manosque, France, 1995-2001. 2nd lieutenant French Military Reserve, 1962. Member American Plant Physiological Society, Society Ecophysiology (board directors 1993-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: wood crafting, bicycling, choral singing.

Connections

Married Anne Emilie Hérisson, June 25, 1962. Children: Christophe, Pierre, Emmanuel.

Father:

Léon Luc André

Mother:

Andrée Marie (Grandvaux) André

Spouse:

Anne Emilie Hérisson

child:

Pierre André

child:

Christophe André

child:

Emmanuel André