Gilles Chabrier

Gilles Chabrier
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure de Lyon (PhD)
AwardsPrix Jean Ricard (2010)
Eddington Medal (2012)
Ampère Prize (2014)
Fred Hoyle Medal and Prize (2019)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Institutions
ThesisContribution à l'étude des fluides coulombiens: application au cas des mélanges chargés alcalins-halogénures alcalins (1985)
Doctoral advisorJean-Pierre Hansen

Gilles Chabrier is a French astrophysicist who is best known for his work on brown dwarfs. He is currently a professor of astronomy at the University of Exeter.