Abdou Rachid Thiam

Abdou Rachid Thiam

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'''Abdou Rachid Thiam''' is a [[Senegal|Senegalese]][https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202106180489.html Sénégal: Recherches scientifiques - Le Sénégalais Abdou Rachid Thiam distingué par le CNRS] – All Africa [[biophysicist]] and research director at the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]][https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/abdou-rachid-thiam Abdou Rachid Thiam] – CNRS and [[Ecole Normale Superieure]] in [[Paris]], [[France]] (UMR 8023), where he studies physical mechanisms regulating the dynamics of [[lipid droplets]] in cells and in vitro. His work integrates approaches from physics and cell biology.{{Cite web |title=Abdou Rachid Thiam {{!}} Fondation Bettencourt Schueller |url=https://www.fondationbs.org/en/our-community/laureates-and-projects/abdou-rachid-thiam |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=www.fondationbs.org |language=en}}
'''Abdou Rachid Thiam''' is a [[Senegal|Senegalese]][https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202106180489.html Sénégal: Recherches scientifiques - Le Sénégalais Abdou Rachid Thiam distingué par le CNRS] – All Africa [[biophysicist]] and research director at the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]][https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/abdou-rachid-thiam Abdou Rachid Thiam] – CNRS and [[Ecole Normale Superieure]] in [[Paris]], [[France]] (UMR 8023), where he studies physical mechanisms regulating the dynamics of [[lipid droplets]] in cells and in vitro. His work integrates approaches from physics and cell biology.{{Cite web |title=Abdou Rachid Thiam {{!}} Fondation Bettencourt Schueller |url=https://www.fondationbs.org/en/our-community/laureates-and-projects/abdou-rachid-thiam |access-date=2026-04-17 |website=www.fondationbs.org |language=en}}

He was the recipient of a [[CNRS]] Bronze medal in 2020.[https://www.lpens.ens.psl.eu/abdou-rachid-thiam-receives-the-cnrs-bronze-medal-2020/?lang=en Abdou Rachid Thiam receives the CNRS bronze medal 2020] Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure In 2025, he was awarded the [[Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences]] by the [[:fr:Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller | Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller]]. {{cite web |title=Abdou Rachid Thiam, un chercheur sénégalais récompensé par le Prix Bettencourt pour les sciences du vivant 2025 |url=https://www.rts.sn/actualite/detail/a-la-une/abdou-rachid-thiam-un-chercheur-senegalais-recompense-par-le-prix-bettencourt-pour-les-sciences-du-vivant-2025 |website=RT|language=fr |date=2025 |access-date=23 December 2025}}


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
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==Awards and recognition==
==Awards and recognition==
Abdou Rachid Thiam was awarded the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences in 2025, a European scientific prize recognizing outstanding contributions in biomedical research.{{cite news |title=Abdou Rachid Thiam récompensé par le Prix Bettencourt pour les sciences du vivant 2025 |url=https://www.rts.sn/actualite/detail/a-la-une/abdou-rachid-thiam-un-chercheur-senegalais-recompense-par-le-prix-bettencourt-pour-les-sciences-du-vivant-2025
Abdou Rachid Thiam was the recipient of a [[CNRS]] Bronze medal in 2020.[https://www.lpens.ens.psl.eu/abdou-rachid-thiam-receives-the-cnrs-bronze-medal-2020/?lang=en Abdou Rachid Thiam receives the CNRS bronze medal 2020] Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure He was awarded the [[Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences]] in 2025, a European scientific prize recognizing outstanding contributions in biomedical research.{{cite news |title=Abdou Rachid Thiam récompensé par le Prix Bettencourt pour les sciences du vivant 2025 |url=https://www.rts.sn/actualite/detail/a-la-une/abdou-rachid-thiam-un-chercheur-senegalais-recompense-par-le-prix-bettencourt-pour-les-sciences-du-vivant-2025
|publisher=RTS |date=2025-12-06 |access-date=2026-04-19}}
|publisher=RTS |date=2025-12-06 |access-date=2026-04-19}}