After completing her PhD at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Vienna, Salambô Dago joined Dr. Cyriaque Genet’s team at the Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires on February 1st, 2026, as a CNRS research scientist.
The Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering is proud to celebrate the distinction awarded to Pascal Mayer, professeur conventionné at the University of Strasbourg and Honorary Chair at the University of Strasbourg Institute of Advanced Studies, who has received the 2026 Princess of…
Mélanie Romain is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Alberto Bianco’s team, “Multifunctional 2D and Carbon Nanomaterials for Therapeutic Applications,” located at ISIS. There, she is working on hybrid nanoparticle–peptide systems for antibacterial applications.
After completing his PhD between the Netherlands and Germany and postdoctoral research in Switzerland and the Netherlands, Xufeng Xu officially joined ISIS on March 1, 2026, to lead his own research team in biomolecular assembly chemistry.
Audrey Pollien is in her first year of doctoral studies at ISIS, under the supervision of Dr. Cyriaque Genet, but she already has an impressive and audacious scientific background... Let's meet this young researcher who is interested in ways to control chirality, at the frontier between physics and…
Georgette Obeid is a third-year doctoral student at ISIS, working in Dr. Jean-François Lutz's group. With a master's degree in Complex Systems Chemistry, she is now completing her thesis on the synthesis of digital polymers for nanopore sequencing.
Laura joined Professor Giulio Ragazzon's group in 2025 as a post-doc, after studying in the UK. Laura is also member of the board of WISC (Women In Supramolecular Chemistry), an international network that strives to create a sense of kinship and to support women's career at every stage, within the…
The Laboratory of Informational Macromolecular Chemistry led by Dr. Jean-François Lutz has achieved a major breakthrough in the programming of synthetic polymers.
Laura Pecorari is currently completing her PhD at the University of Strasbourg in theoretical quantum physics, where she works on new strategies for quantum error correction in neutral atom arrays, under the supervision of Prof. Guido Pupillo.
Amar is a third-year PhD student at the European Center for Quantum Sciences. Passionate about experimental physics, he works on the realization of quantum fluids of light in a cold atomic medium under the supervision of Professor Shannon Whitlock and Dr. Tom Bienaimé.
Ferran joined Jean-Marie Lehn’s team in 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher and subsequently received a fellowship from the Ramón Areces Foundation and, more recently, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship. He works on imination reactions in water.
On December 3, Jean-Marie Lehn was awarded the Primo Levi Prize in Rome in recognition of his exemplary commitment to science and pan-European scientific cooperation.
Professor Paolo Samorì, Director of ISIS, received the Avogadro Medal this week, one of the most prestigious distinctions in the chemical sciences.
Giulio Ragazzon, senior team leader at ISIS, and Cyrille Solaro, junior team leader, are both recipients of the 2025 ANR call!
Anna Zhuravlova, a young researcher in the Nanochemistry team, has just been awarded the L'Oréal UNESCO Young Talents France 2025 “For Women in Science” Prize!
On August 28–29, the Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering - ISIS hosted a unique event as we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the laboratory founded by Nobel Laureate Jean-Marie Lehn, pioneer of supramolecular chemistry (1965-2025).
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Pietro Tordi is in his 3rd year of doctoral studies in Professor Paolo Samori's “Nanochemistry” team, working on functional materials based on biopolymers. He has chosen to do his PhD under a joint supervision between France and Italy.
Two senior team leaders at ISIS have been nominated at the Institut Universitaire de France.
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After completing her bachelor's and master's degrees in one of the most prestigious Chinese university, Kaiyuan joined Giulio Ragazzon's group at ISIS for her PhD, working on ratchet mechanisms powered by chemical energy.
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Jordan Appleton is originally from Newcastle (UK), but has been in Strasbourg for several years now, where he has settled in perfectly. He tells us about his career and his aspirations.
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