Claudine Hermann

Claudine Hermann was a French physicist and Honorary Professor at École Polytechnique, the well-known grande école founded in 1794 and located in Palaiseau, France. In 1992 she became their first woman Professor. She was also the Vice President of the European Platform of Women Scientists. She founded an organisation, Femmes et Sciences, who have proposed 72 names to be added to the sides of the Eiffel Tower, including Hermann.