Jacqueline Ficini (Saint-Maixent-l'ÃÂcole, October 20, 1923 - Paris, December 7, 1988) was a French researcher and professor of chemistry. She is recognized for developing the synthetic chemistry of ynamine.
Jacqueline Jeanne Ficini was born in Saint-Maixent-l'ÃÂcole in 1923. She was the daughter of Jane Pontet and her father was Colonel Raoul Ficini.
She studied at the Collège Saint-Marie de Chavagne in Angoulême and then attended the universities of Paris and Angers to complete her master's degree. In 1952, she obtained her doctorate in Physical Sciences.
She began her career as a research assistant at CNRS in 1952 until her appointment as a professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris in 1957. She then went to the United States for a postdoctoral fellowship, which she completed at Columbia University in 1960. In 1962, she returned to France as a lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences at University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. She was promoted to professor at the University of Paris VI in 1965 and directed the doctoral school of organic chemistry. She supervised eighteen doctoral theses.
She was elected president of the Organic Chemistry Division of the Société chimique de France. She was also a member of the American Chemical Society.
She was invited to Japan by Professor Yoshida in 1988. Upon her return to France, she died in Paris.
In 2026, Jacqueline Ficini is among the 72 pioneering women scientists whose names have been proposed to be added to the commemorative frieze on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, where only men's names have appeared until now. The plan was announced by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo following the recommendations of a committee led by Isabelle Vauglin of Femmes et Sciences and Jean-François Martins, representing the operating company which runs the Eiffel Tower.