Background
Koutchmy, Serge was born on June 26, 1940 in Le Creusot, Burgundy, France. Son of Leonid and Anne (Le Loarer) Koutchmy.
Koutchmy, Serge was born on June 26, 1940 in Le Creusot, Burgundy, France. Son of Leonid and Anne (Le Loarer) Koutchmy.
Graduate, State University Moscow, Russia, 1963. Graduate, University Orsay, Paris, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Paris, 1972.
Junior researcher, Center National Science Research, Paris, 1968-1976; researcher, Center National Science Research, Paris, 1978-1986; research director, Center National Science Research, Paris, since 1989; associate researcher, National Science Foundation-Air Force Cambridge laboratories, Sunspot, New Mexico, 1976-1977; senior scientist, National Science Foundation-Air Force, Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, 1986-1988. Consultant French Space Research Agency, Paris, 1979-1982.
Member of International Astronomical Union, Society Astronomique de France (J. Janssen prize 1998), French Optical Society.
Married Olga Belianina, April 2, 1961. Children: Nathalie, Valérailway.