The term CHEMIST FRENCH refers to four famous French chemists: Louis Pasteur, Louis CURIE, Marie CURIE, and ANTOINE Lavoisier. Pasteur was a microbiologist who developed the process of pasteurization and discovered the germ theory of disease. Louis CURIE was a physicist who researched radioactivity and discovered the elements polonium and radium. Marie CURIE was a physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity and won two Nobel Prizes. ANTOINE Lavoisier was a chemist who is considered the father of modern chemistry and made significant contributions to the fields of thermodynamics and stoichiometry.