The 2007 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Innovative Devices Inspired by Basic Research
• Achievement:
  The discovery of Giant Magneto-Resistance(GMR) and its contribution to development of innovative spin-electronics devices
• Lecture:
  Origins, Development and Future of Spintronics

Major Honors

1994	The American Physical Society International Prize for New Materials, together with P. Grünberg and S.S.P. Parkin
1994	IUPAP Magnetism Award, together with P. Grünberg
1994	The French Physical Society Jean Ricard Grand Prize
1997	The European Physical Society-Hewlett Packard Prize together with P. Grünberg and S.S.P. Parkin
2003	Honoris Causa Doctorate of the University of Dublin (Ireland)
2003	Gold Medal of the French "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS).
2006	Honoris Causa Doctorate of the University of Kaiserslautern (Germany)

Members

2004	The French Academy of Science

Academic Degrees

1957-1962	Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris), Master inMathematics,Master inPhysics
1963	UniversiteParis, Master thesis (physics)
1970	Doctor of Physical Science, Universite Paris-Sud

Professional Career

1962-1964	Teaching assistant，Universite de Grenoble
1965-1976	Maitre-Assistant (lecturer), Universite Paris-Sud (Orsay)
1970-1995	Leader of a research group, Laboratory of Solid StatePhysics, Universite Paris-Sud
From 1976	Professor in Physics，Universite Paris-Sud
From 1995	Scientific Director, Unite Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales (Orsay, Palaiseauafter 2005)

Title

• University of Paris-South

Major Publications

• Fert and I. A. Campbell, "Two-Current Conduction in Nickel", Physical Review Letters 21, 1190-1192 (1968)
• M. N. Baibich, J. M. Broto, A. Fert, F. Nguyen Van Dau, F. Petroff, P. Eitenne, G. Creuzet, A. Friederich, and J. Chazelas, "Giant Magnetoresistance of (001) Fe/(001) Cr Magnetic Superlattices", Physical Review Letters 61, 2472-2475 (1988)
• T. Valet and A. Fert, "Theory of the perpendicular magnetoresistance in magnetic multilayers", Physical review B 48, 7099 (1993)
• A. Fert and H. Jaffres, "Conditions for efficient spin injection from a ferromagnetic metal into a semiconductor", Physical Review B 64, 184420 (2001)