Françoise Winnik Explained

Françoise Winnik (2 March 1952 – 13 February 2021) was a French-born Canadian chemical researcher and professor. She was awarded the in 2015.^[1]

Winnink was born and raised in France, where she earned her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at the National School of Chemistry in Mulhouse, France in 1973. She finished her master's degree and PhD in Toronto, Canada in 1974 and 1979 respectively. She later became associate professor at the University of Montreal. the chemistry and physics departments at McMaster University in Canada. In 2018 she moved to Finland and worked at the University of Helsinki.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} She was elected Foreign Member of The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters in 2013.^[6]

Winnik died in her hometown Helsinki on 13 February 2021.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Publications

• 2001. S. Mansouri, Y. Mehri, F. M. Winnik, M. Tabrizian. « Investigation of the layer-by-layer assembly onto fully functional human red blood cells in suspension for attenuated immune response », dans Biomacromolecules, 2001, 12, pp. 585–592.
• 2010. V. A. Kryuchkov. J. C. Daigle, K. M. Skupov, J. Claverie, F. M. Winnik. « Amphiphilic polyethylenes leading to surfactant-free thermoresponsive nanoparticles », dans Journal of American Chemistry Society, 2010, 133(44), pp. 15573–15579.

Awards

2015 : Lauréate du prix Acfas Urgel-Archambault^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wikiwix's cache. archive.wikiwix.com.
2. Web site: Francoise M. Winnik | People | MANA.
3. Web site: Remembering Former Langmuir Editor-in-Chief Françoise Winnik. March 3, 2021.
4. Web site: Obituary Prof. Françoise Winnik | Sociedad Polimérica de México. sociedadpolimerica.org.mx.
5. Web site: article. November 18, 2020. nouvelles.umontreal.ca. March 11, 2021. April 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210416131659/https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2021/03/01/in-memoriam-francoise-winnik/. dead.
6. Book: SPHINX Societas Scientiarum Fennica Yearbook 2019-2020. Finnis Society of Sciences and Letters. 2020.
7. Web site: Hors des trajectoires normales. 2021-03-11. Le Devoir. 24 October 2015 . fr.