Anne Paul receives the Cartography Prize from Académie des Sciences

Every year, the Académie des Sciences awards nearly eighty prizes covering all scientific fields, both fundamental and applied. Anne Paul, CNRS Research Director at ISTerre, received the Académie des Sciences Cartography Prize - Jean Dercourt Subscription (€3,000).

As a seismologist, Anne Paul uses seismic waves to map the lithospheric structures of continental collision chains and study how surface geology extends at depth. Her seismological data acquisition campaigns have led to significant advances in our knowledge of the geological structure of the Alps, the Zagros (Iran) and the Anatolian Plateau.

The Jean Dercourt Prize is a biennial award (€3,000) created in 1993 to mark Jean Dercourt’s election to the French Academy of Sciences. The prize is awarded for work (French or foreign, by individuals or teams) in the field of cartography in all forms and in all fields of Earth sciences.

Ceremony replay

The award ceremony was held on Wednesday October 15, 2024 in the heart of the Palais de l’Institut de France, and is available for replay on the Académie des Sciences’ Youtube channel.