Jeanne Ferrier

Jeanne Ferrier (April 6, 1888, Montpellier – May 23, 1979, Paris) was a French physicist and mathematician. She was a pioneer in the field of radiotherapy. Biography After earning a dual degree in mathematics and physics from the University of Montpellier, Jeanne Ferrier became a science teacher at a boys' high school in Tarbes. In 1910, she married her professor, Samuel Lattès, who died in 1918. After becoming a widow for the first time, she moved to Paris and joined Marie Curie's laboratory with the support of a Carnegie grant. There, she conducted research on tissue necrosis induced by radium radiation. Between 1921 and 1929, she carried out scientific research at the Radium Institute. In 1924, she collaborated with Antoine Lacassagne on the detection and localization of radioactive elements in cells. The method she developed, autoradiography, is considered one of the most significant contributions to biology in the 20th century.