Obituary Prof. Françoise Winnik
Prof. Françoise Winnik passed away a few days ago. She was found unconscious on the floor in her home in Helsinki and did not regain consciousness.
Prof. Winnik was raised in France and earned an undergraduate degree in Mulhouse. She was a PhD student with Prof. Peter Yates at U. Toronto. After working many years at the Xerox Research Centre in Mississauga, she became a faculty member at McMaster University, and then moved to the University of Montreal. She retired there a couple of years ago and took up a new position at the University of Helsinki.