Nationality French Name Janine Connes | Role Astronomer Thesis 1961 | |
Janine Connes (born c. 1934) is a French astronomer whose research led to the establishment of the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy method.
Connes is married to Pierre Connes, a fellow astronomer; they often conducted research together.
Research
Connes' work is primarily in analysing the fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique, a field she began studying in 1954. Her thesis and subsequent publications gave in-depth analysis of the practical details necessary for its use, with her thesis credited for establishing many of the early design principles. With her husband Pierre Connes she imaged Venus and Mars at the Observatoire du Pic du Midi de Bigorre using the method, presenting images far better than others taken at the time. Connes identified the registration advantage of using interferometry.