Background
Fierens, Paul Jean was born on June 12, 1922 in Schaerbeek, Brabant, Belgium. Son of Jean Louis and Caroline (Mertens) Fierens.
Fierens, Paul Jean was born on June 12, 1922 in Schaerbeek, Brabant, Belgium. Son of Jean Louis and Caroline (Mertens) Fierens.
Master of Science, U. Brussels, 1945; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Brussels, 1948; Teaching Degree in Higher Education, U. Brussels, 1956; Doctor honorary, U. Lubumbashi, Zaire, 1986.
Research fellow, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels, 1945-1946;
senior fellow, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels, 1951-1956;
lecturer, U. Brussels, 1946-1953;
associate professor, U. Brussels, 1953-1956;
professor, U. Lubumbashi, Zaire, 1956-1968;
professor materials science, U. Mons, Belgium, since 1968;
dean faculty of science, U. Mons, Belgium, 1978-1983. Lecturer in field; president International Journal Silicates Industriels, Belgium, since 1980. President of the board Interuniv.
National Institute for Materials, since 1988. Coord.Internat. Interuniv. Multi-field project of rural development in Zaire, since 1982.
Board of directors AMADE-Belgium (International Charity Organisation for Children). Member.Belgian Resistance, 1940-1945. Member Belgian Ceramic Society (president since 1984), European Ceramic Society (board directors since 1987), Royal Overseas Academy Sciences (president since 1982), Belgian Society Tropical Medicine (honorary).
Married Marie Ernestine Snoeck, November 9, 1946 (deceased January 1956). Children: Nicole, Jacques. Married Janine Madeleine Vleurinck, January 26, 1957.
1 child, Olivier.