Abstract
PARIS— Physicist Catherine Brechignac is returning to the helm of France's largest research institute. The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) announced this week that Brechignac, the institute's director-general between 1997 and 2000, will return as CNRS president. She replaces physicist Bernard Meunier (below), who stepped down last week. ![Figure][1] CREDIT: © CNRS PHOTOTHEQUE/CHRISTOPHE LEBEDINSKY It was widely known that Meunier was at odds with CNRS director-general Bernard Larrouturou over an ongoing reorganization. Both men declined comment, but in a letter to center staff, Meunier said he had hoped to cut red tape and make CNRS “strong, reactive, daring, and open to society.” A CNRS spokesperson says the agency's dual leadership structure will be replaced with a single director in the next few months, but it's too early to say who. [1]: pending:yes
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