Jean-Pol Vigneron Explained

Jean-Pol Vigneron (5 March 1950 – 24 June 2013) was a Belgian physics professor. Jean-Pol started his career working on semi-conductor physics, however he is best known for his later work on the physics of animal colours, photonic crystals, and naturally occurring optical structures.^[1]

In 2007, he was elected a member of the prestigious Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium,^[2] he was also a professor at the Université de Namur and lectured at the University of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and in Morocco. A conference in his honour was held in Namur in April 2014.^[3]

He is also known for having initiated the Living Light Conference series with the 2009 meeting in San Sebastian (Basque countries, Spain).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fireflies Mimicked for Brighter LEDs . Photonics . 28 January 2014.
2. Web site: Jean Pol Vigneron : observer, calculer, rêver... pour une science qui se renouvelle . . 28 January 2014.
3. Web site: International conference "Living Light: Uniting biology and photonics -- A memorial meeting in honour of Prof Jean-Pol Vigneron", April 10-12, 2014 - University of Namur, Belgium . Living Light . 28 January 2014 . 2 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105053/http://www.living-light-2014.be/ . dead .