Jean-Marie Tarascon FRSC (born September 21, 1953) is professor of chemistry at the Collège de France in Paris and director of the French Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E).

Tarascon's research[18] investigates the synthesis of novel electronic phenomena and materials such as superconductors, ferroelectrics, fluoride glasses, rechargeable batteries[19] and colossal magnetoresistance.

[20] He has made many contributions to superconductivity and was the original proponent of the thin and flexible plastic lithium ion battery.

His nomination reads:[2] Jean-Marie Tarascon is distinguished for his outstanding leadership in the materials chemistry of energy conversion and storage devices and for seminal studies of high temperature superconductors.

[27] In 2017, he was one of the two winners of the Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation.