The Chevreul medal

In 1963, at the suggestion of its Honorary Chairman, Professor Emile André, the Groupement Technique des Corps Gras decided to award an annual medal to French or foreign personalities who had made a significant contribution to the development of knowledge or industrial achievements in the field of fats and oils.

This medal is known as the "Médaille Chevreul", a reminder that it was in France, thanks to the work of this illustrious scientist, that fat chemistry and lipochemistry were born.

It was engraved by the Monnaie de Paris after a profile of Chevreul, then aged 37, by David d'Angers.

The "Chevreul Medal" has been awarded annually since 1963 to a French and a foreign personality.

In 1993, to mark the Association's fiftieth anniversary, the Médaille d'Or Chevreul was awarded to Professor Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Physics.

 

List of Chevreul medalists since 1963

French Foreigners Year
Mr. E. André Mr. J. Jacini (Italy)
Mr. M. Loncin (Belgium)
Chevreul Medalist 1963
Mr. G. Champetier Mr. T.P. Hilditch (United Kingdom) Chevreul Medalist 1964
Mr. M. Desnuelle Mr.A.R.  Baldwin (USA) Chevreul Medalist 1965
Mr. J. Vizern Mr. J. Martinez-Moreno (Spain) Chevreul Medalist 1966
Mr. C. Paquot Mr. H. Niewiadomski (Poland) Chevreul Medalist 1967
Mme M.T. François M. J. Boldingh (Netherlands) Chevreul Medalist 1968
Mr. C. Trottmann Mr. M.E. Frazer (United Kingdom) Chevreul Medalist 1969
Mr. R. François Mr. W.O. Lundberg (USA) Chevreul Medalist 1970
Mr. M. Naudet Mr. H.J. Thomasson (Netherland) Chevreul Medalist 1971
Mr. J.P. Wolff Mr. R. Marcuse (Sweden) Chevreul Medalist 1972
Mr. M. Toy-Riont Mr. J. Baltes (Germany) Chevreul Medalist 1973
Mr. J. Morice Mr. De Smet (Belgium) Chevreul Medalist 1974
Mr. J.P. Helme Mr. J.C. Cowan (USA) Chevreul Medalist 1975
Mr. F. Pouillaude Mr. U.  Pallotta (Italy) Chevreul Medalist 1976
Mr. E. Ucciani Mr. Vlès (Belgium) Chevreul Medalist 1977
Mr. P. Metais Mr. A. Jakubowski (Poland) Chevreul Medalist 1978
Mr. D.G. Dervichian
Mr. F. Lachampt
Chevreul Medalist 1979
Mr. A. Prevot Mr. J. Pokorny (Czechoslovakia) Chevreul Medalist 1980
Mr. J. Flanzy Mr. A.  Seher (Germany) Chevreul Medalist 1981
Mr. M. Ollagnier Mr.E.  Fedeli (Italy) Chevreul Medalist 1982
Mr. B. Entressangles Mr. Vos (Netherland) Chevreul Medalist 1983
Mr. J. Poré  Mme J. Beare Rogers (Canada) Chevreul Medalist 1984
Mr. A. Uzzan Mr. T. Mounts (USA) Chevreul Medalist 1985
Mr. J. Klere Mr. J. Hollo (Hungary) Chevreul Medalist 1986
Mr. F. Mendy Mr. G. Varela (Spain) Chevreul Medalist 1987
Mr. L. Faur Mr. U. Bracco (Switzerland) Chevreul Medalist 1988
Mr. J.M. Bourre Mr. G. Robbelen (Germany)
Mr.P. Capella (Italy)
Chevreul Medalist 1989
Mr. L. Marcou Mr. F. Gunstone (United Kingdom) Chevreul Medalist 1990
Mr. A. Karleskind Mr. M. Fondu (Belgium) Chevreul Medalist 1991
Mr. R. Duterte Mr. R. Celades (Spain) Chevreul Medalist 1992
Mr. P.G. De Gennes -- Chevreul Medalist 1993
Mr. A. Crastes de Paulet Mr. W.W. Nawar (USA) Chevreul Medalist 1994
Mr. A. Lesaichere Mr. K. Downey (Canada) Chevreul Medalist 1995
Mr. G. Gandemer Mr. K. Aitzetmuller (Germany) Chevreul Medalist 1996
Mr. J. Graille Mme C. Dobarganes (Spain) Chevreul Medalist 1997
Mr. F. Mordret Mr. F. Luchetti (Italy) Chevreul Medalist 1998
Mr. G. Pascal Mr. O. Korver (Netherland) Chevreul Medalist 1999
 M. G. Vermeersch Mr. F. Spener (Germany) Chevreul Medalist 2000
Mr. M. Renard Mr. J.Macleod (United Kingdom) Chevreul Medalist 2001
Mr. G. Robin -- Chevreul Medalist 2002
Mme N. Combe -- Chevreul Medalist 2003
Mr. Z.Mouloungui Mme K.Kövari (Hungary) Chevreul Medalist 2004
Mr. M.Parmentier -- Chevreul Medalist 2005
Mr. A. Gaset Mme V. Ruyz Gutierrez (Spain) Chevreul Medalist 2006
Mr. F. Carriere  Mr. S. Rapoport (USA) Chevreul Medalist 2007
Mr. M. Olivon Mr E. Deffense (Belgium) Chevreul Medalist 2008
Mr. A.J. Dijkstra (Pays Bas) Mr. C. Kapseu (Cameroon) Chevreul Medalist 2009
 Mr. M. Lagarde Mme C. Jacobsen (Denmark) Chevreul Medalist 2010
Mr. P. Guesnet  Mr. N. Bazan (USA) Chevreul Medalist 2011
 Mme F. Lacoste Mr. Uwe T. Bornscheuer (Germany) Chevreul Medalist 2012
 Mr. A.Pouzet -- Chevreul Medalist 2013
--  Mr. J. Harwood (United Kingdom) Chevreul Medalist 2014
 Mme B. Delplanque  Mr. MA. Crawford (United Kingdom) Chevreul Medalist 2015
 Mr. D.Weitz (USA) Chevreul Medalist 2016
 Mr. P. Legrand  Mr. S. Cunnane (Canada) Chevreul Medalist 2017
Mr. Thierry Durand - - - Chevreul Medalist 2018
-- Mr. L Conte (Italy) Chevreul Medalist 2019
- - - - Mr. R Gibson (Australia) and Jun Ogawa (Japan) Chevreul Medalist 2021

  Mme Marie-Caroline Michalski                                                                                                Chevreul Medalist 2022

  Mr Michel  Linder                             Mr.R.Bazinet  (Canada)             Chevreul Medalist 2023

 

 

Conferences Chevreul

2023

“Using carbon 11, 12, 13 and 14 to study brain fatty acid metabolism - Highlights of a few fun findings along the way with an emphasis on translation.

Richard BAZINET, CHEVREUL Conference and awarding of the CHEVREUL Medal took place during the ISSFAL 2023 International Congress at Nantes (France), 2-5 July 2023.

Conference available in the replay video: CLICK HERE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

“ Marine polar lipids: From extraction processes to nutraceutical applications

Michel LINDER, CHEVREUL Conference and awarding of the CHEVREUL Medal took place during the Journées CHEVREUL "80 Years of the SFEL" which were held in Paris, 18-20 January 2023.

Conference available in the replay video: CLICK HERE

2022

- Milk fat globules and their polar lipids: a bridging journey from science & technology to nutrition and health.

Marie-Caroline MICHALSKI, CHEVREUL Conference and  awarding of the CHEVREUL Medal took place during the SFEL/CNIEL Symposium entitled "Dairy Lipids and Health - From the first 1000 days, and beyond..." held in Paris on Friday September 23, 2022

Dr Marie-Caroline Michalski is Research Director at INRAE and conducts her research at the interface between clinical nutrition and physico-chemistry of lipids in CarMeN Laboratory (Lyon, France). Dr Michalski is head of the DO-IT team ("Diet and food matrix in Obesity and Metabolic diseases: role of Intestinal tract and innovative Therapeutics") which is an Inserm team labelled by the French Foundation for Medical Research, and authored 115 publications and book chapters dealing with lipid science, nutrition, metabolism…

Conference available in the replay video: CLICK HERE

2021

-  Analysis and application of microbial functions

Jun OGAWA, conference given during the 18th Euro Fed lipid 2021 Congress

Jun OGAWA is professor at the Division of Applied Life Sciences, in the  Graduate School of Agriculture in the Kyoto University. He is a lipid biochemist expert in the fields of fermentation production of functional lipid and enzymatic and microbial transformation of lipids, but also of analysis and application of gut microbial lipid metabolism. He is an active member of Japanese Oil Chemists Society, and of AOCS Annual Meetings, and has published over two hundred and fifty papers on applied microbiology in a variety of journals concerning fermentation technology, biochemical engineering and microbiology. He has conducted several original works on the production of long-chain PUFA such as arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acids. The scientific work of Professor Jun OGAWA has been recognized by several international awards, and notably this year he received the Fellow Award of the AOCS “ω3-docosapentaenoic acid”.

- Old and new adventures with fatty acids and their oxylipins: The road towards personalised clinical nutrition.

Robert GIBSON, Conférence donnée dans le cadre du Congrès ISSFAL 2021.

Robert GIBSON is Professor Emeritus at the University of Adelaide, and Honorary Principal Research Fellow at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), He is a clinical biochemist/nutritionist who has published over 350 peer reviewed papers in a variety of paediatric, nutrition and biochemical journals. He has designed and conducted a range of randomised clinical trials involving nutrition interventions in the perinatal period, and has also tested the effects of interventions with iron, selenium, probiotics, nucleotides and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on infant biochemistry, growth, physiology and developmental outcome. His conference has been published in the Journal OCL

To view the video of the the Conference CHEVREUL of Pr Robert GIBSON, CLICK HERE

2019

The Chemistry of Olive Oil: an endless story

Lanfranco CONTE

2018

When Chemists, Synthesize Oxylipins and share them with Biologists, Physiologists, Clinicians, Lipidomists: 25 Years of Happiness

Thierry DURAND

2017

- Ketones, omega-3 fatty acids and the Yin-Yang balance in the brain: insights from infant development and Alzheimer’s disease, and implications for human brain evolution.

Stephen CUNNANE,    Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL   https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2018/04/ocl180020s.pdf

- Fatty Acids Desaturation in Animals and Humans

Philippe LEGRAND

2016

Making Vesicle Structures from Emulsion Templates using Microfluidics

David WEITZ

2015

- From ALA to DHA : still a long way to go

Bernadette DELPLANQUE

- Past, present and future: the extreme conservation of neurosignaling and the cost of mental ill-health.

Michael A. CRAWFORD,     Vidéo de la Conférence publiée dans la revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/news/384-chevreul-medal-pr-michael-a-crawford-past-present-and-future-the-extreme-conservation-of-neurosignaling-and-the-cost-of-mental-ill-health

2014

Inspiré par les lipides

John HARWOOD,   Conférence publiée dans la revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2015/02/ocl150002-s.pdf

2013

Crop management: a Key Issue for the Sustainable Production of Oilseeds

André POUZET,   Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCLhttps://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2015/01/ocl140050-s.pdf

2012

- Enzymes in lipid modification: From classical biocatalysis with commercial enzymes to advanced protein engineering tools

Uwe T. BORNSCHEUER,  Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2013/01/ocl2013201p45.pdf

- Undesirable substances in vegetable oils: anything to declare?

Florence LACOSTE, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2014/01/ocl130041.pdf

2011

- Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in stroke, alzheimer’s disease, and blinding retinal degenerations: coping with neuroinflammation

Nicolas BAZAN,   Conférence publiée dans la revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2011/04/ocl2011184p208.pdf

- Omega 3 fatty acids, neurotransmission and energy metabolism in the brain. A possible role in maintaining brain functions during aging ?

Philippe GUESNET,  Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2012/04/ocl2012194p238.pdf

2010

- Métabolisme oxygéné des acides gras polyinsaturés et fonction dans les cellules sanguines et vasculaires

Michel LAGARDE,   Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2011/02/ocl2011182p47.pdf

- Challenges when developing omega 3 enriched foods

Charlotte JACOBSEN,  Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2010/04/ocl2010174p251.pdf

2009

- How Chevreul (1786-1889) based his conclusions on his analytical results

Albert DIJKSTRA,  Conférence publiée dans la revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2009/01/ocl2009161p8.pdf

- Production, analyse et applications des huiles végétales en Afrique

César KAPSEU,  Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2009/04/ocl2009164p215.pdf

2008

- Michel OLLIVON (à titre posthume)
- From organic chemistry  to fat and oil chemistry
Etienne DEFFENSE, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2009/01/ocl2009161p14.pdf

2007

-Soixante ans de recherches sur la lipolyse enzymatique à Marseille
Frédéric CARRIÈRE, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2008/03/ocl2008153p196.pdf

- Regulation by diet and liver of brain metabolism of nutritionally essential polyunsaturated fatty acids
Stanley RAPOPORT, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2007/03/ocl2007143-4p216.pdf

2006

La lipochimie et le carbone renouvelable : une opportunité pour l’agro-industrie
Antoine GASET, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL http://GASET https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2006/02/ocl2006132-3p143.pdf

2005

Les membranes en lipotransformation : bilan, résultats, perspectives
Michel PARMENTIER, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2005/05/ocl2005125-6p407.pdf

2004

- Voies inhabituelles de synthèse de composés oléophiles à partir des substrats végétaux solides (graines oléoprotéagineuses), liquides (huiles végétales et dérivés, glycérol) pour l’industrie chimique
Zéphirin MOULOUNGUI, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2004/06/ocl2004116p425.pdf

- Recent developments, new trends in seed crushing and oil refining
Katalin KÖVARI

2000

- Development of a biodiesel activity
Georges VERMEERSCH, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2001/01/ocl200181p33.pdf

- Chlorophyll-derived fatty acids regulate expression of lipid metabolizing enzymes in liver - a nutritional opportunity
Friedrich SPENER

1999

- Les lipides dans notre alimentation : comment leur accorder une juste place sans les diaboliser ni les encenser
Gérard PASCAL, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2000/01/ocl200071p54.pdf

- Nutrition research : the industrial approach
Onno KORVER, Conférence publiée dans la Revue OCL https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2000/01/ocl200071p74.pdf

1998

- Evolution des critères de qualité des huiles d’olive vierges. Perspectives
François MORDRET

- The worldwide economic importance of olive oil
Fausto LUCHETTI - COI

1997

- Réactions chimiques induites par la friture
Jean GRAILLE - Cirad

- Formation, analysis of high molecular weight compounds in frying fats and oils
Carmen DOBARGANES - Instituto de la Grasa

1996

- Recent developments in the analysis of food lipids and other lipids
Kurt AITZETMULLER, Institute for Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, Münster, Germany.

- Lipides du muscle et qualité de la viande. Phospholipides et flaveur
Gilles GANDEMER - Inra

1993

Quelques mécanismes d’action des surfactants

Pierre-Gilles DE GENNES - Directeur de l’ESCPI