Paul Marmet

Paul Marmet
Paul Marmet
Alma mater	Université Laval
Known for	Low-energy Monoenergetic Electron Spectrometer
Spouse	Jacqueline Marmet
Children	Dr. Louis Marmet
Awards	Officer, Order of Canada, 1981; Service Award, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, 1977; Léo-Pariseau Prize of the French Canadian Association for the Advancement of Science (ACFAS), 1976; Herzberg Medal of the Canadian Association of Physicists, 1971;
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Professor of Physics, Université Laval; Director, Laboratory for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Université Laval; Senior Researcher, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council (Canada); Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Ottawa;
Academic advisors	Larkin Kerwin

Paul Marmet
OC FRSC
Paul Marmet OC FRSC
President of the; Canadian Association of Physicists
	In office; 1981–1982
Preceded by	Cecil Costain
Succeeded by	A.R. Crawford
Personal details
Born	20 May 1932; Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Died	20 May 2005 (aged 73); Ottawa, Ontario

Paul Marmet, OC FRSC (20 May 1932 – 20 May 2005) was a Canadian physicist, inventor, author, and professor at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, who served as the President of the Canadian Association of Physicists.

Marmet is notable for developing a novel high-resolution electron velocity selector, a scientific instrument which became widely used by scientists around the world.

Paul Marmet OC FRSC


President of the Canadian Association of Physicists
In office 1981–1982
Preceded by	Cecil Costain
Succeeded by	A.R. Crawford

Personal details
Born	(1932-05-20)20 May 1932 Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Died	20 May 2005(2005-05-20) (aged 73) Ottawa, Ontario