Joseph Moran has received the 2020 “Forcheurs Jean-Marie Lehn” prize together with Harun Tüysüz (Max–Planck-Institut for Coal research, Mülheim, Germany) for their collaborative work on transition metals in prebiotic chemistry. The prize supports promising collaborations between young French and German researchers in the areas of health, pharmacology … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Awards
The “Ministère de lʼEnseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de lʼInnovation” has awarded the “Stars of Europe” trophy to the European project iSwitch and to Paolo Samorì, its coordinator .
The “Étoiles de l’Europe” prize rewards European research and innovation projects coordinated by French organizations and honors their coordinators who have made the choice of Europe and demonstrated their ability to lead large-scale networks. This year’s 12 “Stars of Europe” have been selected by a high-level jury for the scientific quality and international dimension of the project, the … Continue Reading ››
Thomas Ebbesen awarded the CNRS Gold Medal for 2019
This year’s CNRS Gold Medal, one of France’s most prestigious scientific prize, has been awarded to the Franco-Norwegian physical chemist Thomas Ebbesen. He specializes in nanosciences, a cross-disciplinary field that covers a variety of scientific areas that include carbon materials, optics, nano-photonics and molecular chemistry. His discoveries have notably enabled technological … Continue Reading ››
Awards and honors
Awards and honors 2024
Dr Giulio Ragazzon is a laureate of the 2023 Guy Ourisson Prize.
The Guy Ourisson prize is awarded each year by the Cercle Gutenberg to few top researchers under 40 in Alsace in any field. The prize … Continue Reading ››
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 for Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage of ISIS
BREAKING NEWS!
Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir. Fraser Stoddart, and Prof. Ben Feringa have just been awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the design and synthesis of molecular machines!
more info to follow soon: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2016/
Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie 2014 (Prof. Sauvage)
The Grand Prix de la Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie 2014 has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage for “exceptional contributions to the development of catenanes, unique chemical species that can be used for producing molecular motors”. Click here for more information.
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Prof. Ebbesen awarded Kavli prize!
THOMAS W. EBBESEN – Physical chemist and director of the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, Strasbourg, France. Upending accepted theory, he discovered that light could be transmitted very efficiently through holes smaller than its own wavelength with the involvement of surface plasmons, the interaction of light with electron waves on metal … Continue Reading ››