Janine Connes (née Roux, 19 May 1926 – 28 November 2024) was a French astronomer whose research led to the establishment of the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy method, which was of major significance and laid the foundations of what was to grow into a significant new field.
[3] The Connes work was primarily in analysing the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique, a field the couple began studying in 1954 in Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton directed by Pierre Jacquinot.
[7] 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.
[10][7] She was awarded the Prix Aimé Cotton by the Société Française de Physique in 1961.
[11] Source:[1] The following four papers are" fundamental works of extreme importance to the field" -- Professor Ian McLean.