Kristel Chanard receives the 2025 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the “Young Female Scientist” category.
Publication date: 27/11/2025
Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Research
Awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Space, the Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Technologies, this prize has been recognizing women scientists for the excellence of their work since 2001, thereby helping to increase the number of inspiring female role models in science, such as Irène Joliot-Curie. The ceremony took place on November 25, 2025, under the dome of the Institut de France.
A researcher at the National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN), Kristel Chanard conducts her work at the Paris Institute of Earth Physics (IPGP-CNRS/IPGP/Université Paris Cité), where she studies the interactions between climate, hydrology, and Earth deformations. A recognized specialist in hydrogeodesy, she has played a key role in the development of this field and has received several international awards, notably from the European Geosciences Union (EGU), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the CNRS bronze medal. Kristel Chanard is also committed to promoting equality and diversity in science through scientific outreach, mentoring, and training on inclusion, particularly among young girls and underrepresented groups.
« The Irène Joliot-Curie Prize is a wonderful award which, although individual, reflects years of work shared with students and numerous colleagues. It also reflects how fortunate I have been to have benefited from high-quality public education and to have found, very early on, the conditions necessary to develop my work in public research. I am also delighted that this award recognizes the importance of actions taken to promote equal opportunities in academia. »
Kristel Chanard
Researcher at IPGP
