Paul-Émile Pilet
Paul-Émile Pilet, (born in Lausanne 26 July 1927; died 12 May 2005 in Pully), was a Swiss biologist, professor and director of the Institute of Plant Biology and Physiology of the University of Lausanne. Biography Son of William, architect, Paul-Émile Pilet studied physics and biology at the University of Lausanne, where he obtained a doctorate in science in 1951. After internships at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris and Bordeaux, at California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) in Pasadena (United States) and at Bedford College (London University), he returned to the country to pursue an academic career at the University of Lausanne: privat-docent from 1952, lecturer (1955), extraordinary professor (1958), then full professor from 1967 to 1992. - Director of the Institut de plant biology and physiology from the University of Lausanne; since 1965. - Visiting professor for the advanced studies diploma (DEA) in plant physiology at the Sorbonne; since 1980. - Visiting Professor at the Leicester Polytechnic (GB); since 1970. - Initiator of postgraduate courses in phytophysiology in French-speaking Switzerland; 1992. - Research Fellow at Osaka University (Japan). - From 1996, Research Visiting Professor at the De Montfort University (GB). Pilet was interested in the theory and history of science,