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    Dr Serge Franchoo

    Private address: 20, Rue du Cdt R Mouchotte, F-75014 Paris, France
    Office: Laboratoire Irène Joliot-Curie, F-91405 Orsay, France
    Tel.: +33-1-6915 7198, fax: +33-1-6915 6470
    E-mail: serge.franchoo#cern.ch

    Education and Academic Positions

• 1978-1990, primary and secundary education at St-Leocollege, Brugge, Belgium
• 7.7.1994, Lic. Phys. at the University of Louvain, Belgium
  Diploma thesis within the Nuclear Spectroscopy Group of the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics: "Studie van de ¹⁹Ne(p,gamma)²⁰Na reaktie met behulp van vaste-stof spoordetektoren" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Huyse)
• 5.7.1994 till 30.9.1994, Summer Student at Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
• 18.5.1999, Ph.D. at the University of Louvain, Belgium
  Doctoral thesis within the Nuclear Spectroscopy Group of the Institute for Nuclear and Radiation Physics: "Evolution of Nuclear Structure towards Ni-78 Investigated by the Beta Decay of Laser-Ionized Ni-68 to Ni-74" (Promotors: Prof. Dr. M. Huyse and Prof. Dr. P. Van Duppen)
• 19.5.1999 till 27.8.2000, Scientific Associate at the University of Louvain, Belgium, residing at Cern, Geneva, Switzerland
• 28.8.2000 till 29.2.2004, Scientific Associate at the University of Mainz, Germany, residing at Cern, Geneva, Switzerland 
• 1.3.2004 till 30.9.2004, Associate Researcher at the Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay, Orsay, France
• from 1.10.2004 onwards, Chargé de Recherche at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, France
• 28.5.2021, Habilitation at the University of Paris-Saclay, France
  Habilitation thesis within the Nuclear Physics Division of the Irène-Joliot Curie Laboratory: "Evolution of Nuclear Structure: From Semi-Magicity to Magicity in the Neutron-Rich Copper Isotopes" (Counsellor: Prof. Dr. B. Espagnon)

    Assignments and Selections

• 15.6.2000, Spokesperson of Collaboration IS387 at Isolde, Cern, Switzerland: ‘Beta-decay study of neutron-rich Tl, Pb, and Bi by means of the pulsed-release technique and resonant laser ionisation’
• 28.8.2000 till 29.2.2004, Coordinator for the Improving the Human Research Potential and Socio-Economic Knowledge Base Programme of the European Community (HPRI-CT-1999-00018, Project Manager G. Huber, Mainz, Germany) at Isolde, Cern, Switzerland
• June 2001 till October 2003, Editor of the Isolde Newsletter, Cern, Genève
• July 2001 till August 2003, Summer Student Supervisor, Cern, Genève
• December 2001 till December 2003, Scientific Secretary of the Isolde Physics Workshop and Users' Meeting, Cern, Genève
• 1.9.2002, Spokesperson of Collaboration IS407 at Isolde, Cern, Switzerland: 'Study of the neutron deficient Pb and Bi isotopes by simultaneous atomic and nuclear spectroscopy'
• February 2003 till February 2004, non-voting Member of the Isolde Collaboration Committee, Cern, Switzerland
• Since October 2005, member of the Scientific Council of the Ecole Internationale Joliot Curie, Orsay, France
• December 2006 till September 2013, member of the Editorial Board of Images de la Physique, CNRS, Paris, France
• 18.6.2007, Spokesperson of Collaboration E552 at Ganil, Caen, France: 'Weakening of the Z=28 gap by the tensor force in neutron-rich copper isotopes'
• November 2007 till July 2011, voting Member for France of the Isolde Collaboration Committee, Cern, Switzerland
• 28.9-1.10.2008, Co-Organiser of the Joint Laser-Trapspec Workshop at La Londe-les-Maures, France
• 1.12.2008, Spokesperson of Collaboration E589 at Ganil, Caen, France: 'Exploring the use of deep-inelastic reactions at zero degree for in-flight production of neutron-rich secondary beams with Linag + S3'
• 16.12.2009, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Phanviet Cuong, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
• January 2010 till March 2014, Lecturer of Nuclear Structure (Experimental Part) at University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
• 17.12.2010, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Baptiste Mouginot, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
• Since 1.1.2014, Coordinator of the ANR Blanc "Radioactive Elements intraGas Laser Ion Source and Spectroscopy at S3" (ANR-13-BS05-0013-01), France
• 26.9.2014, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Pierre Morfouace, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
• 13.11.2015, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Gunvor Koldste, University of Aarhus, Denmark
• Since 4.4.2016, Coordinator of the Emblematic Project "Charting Terra Incognita" of the Labex P2IO, Orsay, France
• 8.9.2017, Member of the Ph.D. Jury of Louis Olivier, University Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

    Prizes and Merits

• 24.5.1989, Finalist of the Flemish Olympiad of Mathematics
• 17.3.2000, Recipient of the Second Prize of the Dutch Physical Society
• 2014-2017, Recipient of the Prime d'Encadrement Doctorale et de Recherche

    Selected Publications

• "Beta decay of ^68-74Ni and level structure of neutron-rich Cu isotopes", by S. Franchoo, M. Huyse, K. Kruglov, Y. Kudryavtsev, W. Mueller, R. Raabe, I. Reusen, P. Van Duppen, J. Van Roosbroeck, L. Vermeeren, A. Woehr, K.-L. Kratz, B. Pfeiffer, and W. Walters
  Physical Review Letters 81, 3100-3103 (1998) [.]
• "Magisch nikkel in stellaire smidsen", by S. Franchoo
  Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Natuurkunde 66-3, 76 (2000)
• "Engaging natural scientists in disarmament", by S. Franchoo
  United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Disarmament Forum 3, 39 (2001) [.]
• "Monopole migration in ^69,71,73Cu observed from beta decay of laser-ionized ^68-74Ni", by S. Franchoo, M. Huyse, K. Kruglov, Y. Kudryavtsev, W. Mueller, R. Raabe, I. Reusen, P. Van Duppen, J. Van Roosbroeck, L. Vermeeren, A. Woehr, H. Grawe, K.-L. Kratz, B. Pfeiffer, and W. Walters
  Physical Review C 64, 054308 (2001) [.]
• Author or coauthor of more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed international journals, a list of which can be found here 

    Participation in Experiments

    At Centre de recherches du cyclotron, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

• Decay Study of Ni-54 (PH105), spokesperson: M. Huyse, Louvain
• Nuclear Structure of Neutron-Rich Nickel Isotopes Produced by a Chemically Selective Laser Ion Source (PH106), spokesperson: A. Woehr, Louvain
• Measurement of the Magnetic Moment of Ni-55 with Laser Polarisation (PH146), spokesperson: L. Weissman, Louvain
• Investigation of Exotic Nuclei Using Fusion Evaporation Reactions around 40<Z<=N<50: Beta Decay Studies of Very Neutron Deficient Refractory Elements with the Element Selective Laser Ion Source at Lisol (PH153), spokesperson: V. Prasad, Louvain
• Development of a Universal, Selective and Efficient On-Line Laser Ion Source (DT-Laser), spokesperson: L. Vermeeren, Louvain
• (DT-Ion Guide), spokesperson: Y. Kudryavtsev, Louvain
• (T01), spokesperson: Y. Kudryavtsev, Louvain
• (T05), spokesperson: Y. Kudryavtsev, Louvain

    At the university of Mainz, Mainz (Germany)

• Winter 2002-2003, participation in Resonance Ionization Mass Spectroscopy measurements for the trace detection of plutonium in environmental samples at the University of Mainz, Germany

    At Ganil, Caen (France)

• In-beam spectroscopy of 42Si with the Château de Cristal (E287s), spokesperson: S. Grévy, Caen
• Competition between Octupole and Multi-Particle Excitations in Po-212 and At-213 (E408s), spokesperson: P. Walker, Surrey
• (E421s), spokesperson: F. Azaiez, Orsay
• Changing shell structure near N=16 probed by (d,p) on Ne isotopes (E445s), spokesperson: R. Lemmon, Daresbury
• Neutron capture rates in 44,46Ar nuclei from (d,p) reactions (E447s), spokesperson: O. Sorlin, Orsay
• 34,36Ca, the reminiscence of the Z=20 mirror isle of inversion (E450), spokesperson: F. Azaiez, Orsay
• (E452), spokesperson: M. Chartier, Liverpool
• (E478), spokesperson: D. Beaumel, Orsay
• (E505), spokesperson: G. De Angelis, Legnaro
• Search for the 2d5/2 strength in 69Ni, interpretation of the spherical-to-deformed transition towards the neutron-rich Fe and Cr nuclei and predictions around 78Ni (E507), spokesperson: G. Duchêne, Strasbourg
• (E521s), spokesperson: F. De Oliveira, Ganil
• Single-Particle Energies in Neutron-Rich Oxygen Isotopes (E522s), spokesperson: B. Fernandez-Dominguez, Liverpool
• Study of the direct capture component of the astrophysical reaction 60Fe(n,gamma)61Fe by transfer reaction (E530), spokesperson: F. Hammache, Orsay
• Low-lying structure in 12O and shell quenching at Z=8 studied by the (p,t) reaction with Must-2 (E537), spokesperson: H. Iwasaki, Orsay
• Is there a density dependence of the spin-orbit force in atomic nuclei? (E546), spokesperson: O. Sorlin, Ganil
• (E548), spokesperson: L. Gaudefroy, Bruyères-le-Châtel
• Exploring single-particle and collective low-lying states in neutron-rich nuclei towards 78Ni with the plunger technique at Ganil: The case of 73Cu (E551), spokesperson: O. Moeller, Darmstadt
• Weakening of the Z=28 gap by the tensor force in neutron-rich copper isotopes (E552), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Orsay
• 75-77Cu: probing the Z=28 shell gap around doubly magic ⁷⁸Ni (E572), spokesperson: E. Sahin, Padova
• Coulomb Excitation of n-rich nuclei around N=28 (E568), spokesperson: S. Grévy, Bordeaux
• (E582), spokesperson: J.A. Scarpaci, Orsay
• Exploring the use of deep-inelastic reactions at zero degree for in-flight production of neutron-rich secondary beams with Linag+S3 (E589), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Orsay
• The nature of the pygmy dipole resonance in 68Ni (E611), spokesperson: I. Matea, Orsay
• (E644), spokesperson: M. Assié, Orsay
• (E655s), spokesperson: A. Gillibert, Saclay
• Neutron monopole drifts near the N=50 closed shell towards 78Ni (E669), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay

    At Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt (Germany)

• (U181), spokesperson: A. Andreyev, Triumf
• Towards the new region of prolate deformation just above the shell closure at Z=82 (U206), spokesperson: A. Andreyev, Triumf

    At Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble (France)

• (3-01-498), spokesperson: U. Koester, Grenoble

    At Cern-Isolde, Geneva (Switzerland)

• High-resolution spectroscopy of Sr and Y nuclei near the N=Z line (IS377), spokesperson: M. Oinonen, Cern
• Precision Study of the Beta Decay of Rb-74 (IS384), spokesperson: J. Aysto, Jyvaskyla
• Beta Decay Study of Neutron-Rich Thallium, Lead, and Bismuth by Means of the Pulsed-Release Technique and Resonant Laser Ionisation (IS387), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Cern
• Investigation of Astrophysically Relevant Neutron-Rich Argon Nuclei (IS400), spokesperson: L Weissman, Cern
• Study of the Beta Decay of B-12 (IS404), spokesperson: H. Fynbo, Aarhus
• Precision Study of the Beta Decay of Ga-62 (IS406), spokespersons: J. Cederkall, Cern, and P. Dessagne, Strasbourg
• Study of the Neutron Deficient Lead and Bismuth Isotopes by Simultaneous Atomic and Nuclear Spectroscopy (IS407), spokesperson: S. Franchoo, Cern
• An Energy Upgrade of Rex-Isolde to 3.1 MeV/u and Acceleration of Heavier Masses up to A = 150 (IS408), spokesperson: O. Kester, Munich
• Evolution of Single Particle and Collective Properties in the Neutron-Rich Magnesium Isotopes (IS410), spokesperson: H. Scheit, Heidelberg
• Coulomb Excitation of Neutron-Rich A~140 Nuclei (IS411), spokesperson: D. Habs, Munich
• Coulomb Excitation of Neutron-Rich Nuclei between the N=40 and N=50 Shell Gaps Using Rex-Isolde and the Germanium Miniball Array (IS412), spokesperson: P. Mayet, Louvain
• Coulomb Excitation of a Neutron-Rich Kr-88 Beam: Search for Mixed Symmetry States (IS423), spokesperson: J. Iwanicki, Liverpool
• Coulomb Excitation of Odd-Mass and Odd-Odd Copper Isotopes Using Rex-Isolde and Miniball (IS435), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Cern
• Study of Polonium Ground-State Properties by Simultaneous Atomic and Nuclear Spectroscopy (IS456), spokesperson: Y. Kudryavtsev, Louvain
• Identification and Systematical Studies of the Electron-Capture Delayed Fission (ECDF) in the Lead Region: ECDF of ^178,180T1 and 200,202Fr isotopes (IS466), spokesperson: A. Andreyev, Louvain
• Collinear resonant ionization laser spectroscopy of rare francium isotopes (IS471), spokesperson: K. Flanagan, Manchester
• Probing the semi-magicity of 68Ni via the 3H(66Ni,68Ni)p two-neutron transfer reaction in inverse kinematics (IS504), spokesperson: T. Roger, Louvain
• Properties of low-lying intruder states in 34Al and 34Si sequentially populated in beta-decay of ³⁴Mg (IS530), spokesperson: F. Negoita, Bucharest
• New Spectroscopy by Two-Neutron Pickup of Neutron-Rich Nuclei (P161), spokesperson: D. Habs, Munich

    At iThemba Labs, Cape Town (South Africa)

• (PR121), spokesperson: E. Khan, Orsay
• (PR121b), spokesperson: E. Khan, Orsay

    At Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (Italy)

• (Magnex), spokesperson: F. Cappuzzello, Catania
• (Magnex), spokesperson: J.A. Scarpaci, Orsay

    At Laboratori Nazionale di Legnaro, Padova (Italy)

• (05.27), spokesperson: G. Benzoni, Milan
• (06.30), spokesperson: G. De Angelis, Legnaro
• (08.11), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Orsay
• (09.05/II), spokesperson: A. Maj, Cracow
• (10.41), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay

    At Alto, Orsay (France)

• Determination of the g-factor of the 9/2+ isomeric state in Ni-65 (N4-2004), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Ganil
• Détermination de la parité de l'état fondamental du noyau impair-impair ⁷⁸Ga (N2-2004), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay
• (Nx-2004), spokesperson: F. Hammache, Orsay
• (I-SI-1), spokesperson: D. Beaumel, Orsay
• (N-SI-1), spokesperson: M.-G. Pellegriti, Ganil
• (N-SI-2), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay
• (N-SI-4), spokesperson: D. Balabanski, Sofia
• (N-SI-5), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Orsay
• (N-SI-x), spokesperson: C. Petrache, Orsay
• (N-SI-10), spokesperson: N. De Séréville, Orsay
• (N-SI-14), spokesperson: G. Georgiev, Orsay
• (N-SI-36), spokesperson: N. De Séréville, Orsay
• (N-SI-38), spokesperson: F. Hammache, Orsay
• (N-SI-49), spokesperson: E. Ideguchi, Osaka
• (N-SI-54), spokesperson: D. Suzuki, Orsay
• (Loi-SI-5), spokesperson: D. Suzuki, Orsay
• (N-RI-5), spokesperson: D. Verney, Orsay
• (N-RI-x), spokesperson: A. Etile, Orsay

    At Riken, Tokyo (Japan)

• Investigation of the Structure of ¹⁰He by Missing Mass Measurement (RRC66), spokesperson: D. Beaumel, Orsay
• Structure and Spectroscopy of Neutron-rich Nuclei via Proton Elastic and Inelastic Scattering (RIBF57), spokespersons: A. Gillibert and V. Lapoux, Saclay
• Neutron Monopole Drift towards 78Ni Investigated by Decay Spectroscopy (RIBF90), spokesperson: M. Niikura, Orsay
• Shell Evolution and Systematic Search for 2+ Energies (RIBF118), spokespersons: P. Doornenbal, Tokyo, and A. Obertelli, Saclay
• Collective Properties in Low-lying States in ⁷⁷Cu via Coulomb Excitation (RIBF126), spokespersons: E. Sahin, Oslo, G. de Angelis, Legnaro, and Xu Zhengyu, Hong Kong
• Gamma-ray spectroscopy in the vicinity of doubly magic ⁷⁸Ni (RIBF181), spokespersons: R. Taniuchi, York, S. Franchoo, Orsay, and D. Suzuki, Tokyo

    Conference and Workshop Participation

• 16th Nuclear Physics Divisional Conference of the European Physical Society, Padova, Italy, March 1998
• 2nd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, Bellaire, USA, June 1998
• 5th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Divonne, France, April 2000
• 3rd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, Hameenlinna, Finland, July 2001
• 21st International Nuclear Physics Conference, Berkeley, USA, July 2001
• 8th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions, Moscow, Russia, June 2003
• 7th International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, July 2006
• International Symposium on Frontiers of Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy and Perspectives for Nuclear Structure, Tokyo, Japan, April 2008
• 1st European Conference on Radioactive Ion Beams, Giens, France, June 2008
• 43rd Zakopane Conference on Nuclear Physics, Zakopane, Poland, September 2008
• 2nd European Conference on Radioactive Ion Beams, Lamoura, France, June 2010
• 7th International Conference on Direct Reactions with Exotic Beams, Pisa, Italy, March 2012
• 6th International Conference on Laser Probing, Paris, France, June 2012
• Workshop on Shape Coexistence Across the Chart of the Nuclides, York, United Kingdom, April 2013
• 11th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics, Ischia, Italy, May 2014
• 2nd International Conference on Advances in Radioactive Isotope Science, Tokyo, Japan, June 2014
• Workshop on Science with Rare Ion Beams, Calcutta, India, November 2014
• 11th Vietnam Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology, Danang, Vietnam, August 2015
• 3rd European Nuclear Physics Conference, Groningen, Netherlands, August 2015
• 9th International Conference on Direct Reactions with Exotic Beams, Halifax, Canada, July 2016
• 5th Sunflower Workshop on Gamma Spectroscopy, Hong Kong, September 2016
• 6th Workshop on Nuclear Fission and Spectroscopy of Neutron-Rich Nuclei, Chamrousse, France, March 2017
• 12th Vietnam Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology, Nha Trang, Vietnam, August 2017
• International Symposium on Radioactive Ion Beam Physics in the 21st Century, Wakoshi, Japan, December 2017

    Other Merits and Qualifications

• 5.6.1987, Certificate of Typewriting, Province of West Flanders, Belgium
• 13.6.1990, Certificate of the Entrance Examination for the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Ghent, Belgium
• From 1993 till 1995, Editor of the students' newspaper Veto at the university of Louvain, Belgium
• January 2000, Participant 13th Winter Course of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts, Andalo, Italy
• From 1.6.2000 till 1.9.2002, President of Swiss Student Pugwash
• From 1.2.2001 till 31.1.2004, Accredited Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva for the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
• March 2001, Organiser of the 2nd Swiss Student Pugwash National Conference, Geneva
• March 2002, Participant 51st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Agra, India
• May 2002, Organiser of the 3rd Swiss Student Pugwash National Conference, Geneva
• September 2003, Participant 10th International Castiglioncello Conference 'Unilateral Actions and Military Interventions: the Future of Non-Proliferation', Castiglioncello, Italy
• From 2010 till 2020, Secretary of the Association française pour le mouvement Pugwash
• September 2011, Certificate of successful completion of the introductory course of the the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Vienna, Austria
• December 2011, Certificate of successful completion of the advanced science course of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Vienna, Austria
• November 2015, Participant 61st Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Nagasaki, Japan
• May 2016, Interview par Center for Nuclear Studies de l'université Columbia, USA, "Role of Scientists, Proliferation, Future Needs"
• August 2017, Participant and Working Group Convenor 62nd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Astana, Kazakhstan
• September 2017, Tribune au journal Le Monde, "Aux acteurs citoyens conscients du péril nucléaire d'être créatifs"
• January 2021, Tribune aux Sciences et Avenir, "22 janvier 2021, une étape décisive vers un monde dénucléarisé"

    Serge Franchoo
    IJClab, F-91405 Orsay, France

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