École normale supérieure de Lyon

Following the elections opened in 2022, the French Académie des Sciences has elected 18 new members.

Benoît Libert, Octavie Paris and Sébastien Canard received the Special Jury Award for the H2020 PROMETHEUS project.

Congratulations to Elsa Boulet, PhD in sociology (Max Weber Center), who was granted the Humanity and Urbanities Prize, and to Jérémy Salaam, PhD in Chemistry (Chemistry Laboratory of ENS de Lyon), who was granted the Science and Engineering Prize.

The accessit was awarded to Dewi Sintiari for her thesis "Width parameters on even-hole-free graphs", conducted under the supervision of Nicolas Trotignon at LIP.

On Tuesday, November 22, two ceremonies honored members of the ENS de Lyon.

Interview with Étienne Ghys, winner of the CNRS Medal for Scientific Mediation 2022.

Congratulations to Janne Blichert-Toft, Mickaël Bourgoin and Gwyneth Ingram, members of ENS de Lyon laboratories and to Laurent Fargues, Bruno Hudry, and Marié-Hélène Verlhac, Alumni of the School.

Congratulations to Alice Malivert, winner of the L'Oréal-UNESCO 2022 French Young Talent Award - L'Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science.

Janne Blichert-Toft receives the Harry H. Hess Medal.
Communication from the CNRS Rhône Auvergne.

The Limagrain Prize honors the career of French researchers who have carried out most of their work in the service of French agriculture.

A tireless promoter of the usefulness and beauty of mathematics, Étienne Ghys is one of the four recipients of this distinction created by the CNRS a year ago, to promote scientific mediation activities.

EMBO press release on July 6, 2022

January 1, 2022, Patrick Flandrin was appointed to the rank of Knight in the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

On Monday, June 20, Laurence Roulleau-Berger chose to receive her medal of merit at ENS de Lyon, presented by Marie Gaille, director of the Institute of Human and Social Sciences. The ceremony, just like Laurence Roulleau-Berger's impressive scientific career, was full of energy, discussion and emotion.

Congratulations to Frédérique Rozier (RDP), recipient of the 2022 Crystal medal awarded by the CNRS.

Congratulations to Marianne Métoix (LGL-TPE), Aurèle Piazza (LBMC) and Lucile Savary (LPENSL), recipients of the 2022 bronze medal awarded by the CNRS.

In 2022, the French Académie des Sciences will award the IMT - Académie des Sciences Grand Prix and the IMT - Académie des Sciences Young Scientist Prize, established by Institut Mines-Télécom in partnership with Fondation Mines-Télécom.
Dead-line:  May 9, 2022

Laurie-Anne Sapey-Triomphe, an ENS de Lyon alumni, and Julien Thiburce, a post-doctoral fellow at the ICAR laboratory, received the "Prix de la Jeune Recherche"* awarded by the Métropole and Ville de Lyon in partnership with the Université de Lyon.
*The Young Research Award

Director of the IT department of ENS de Lyon, Alain Tchana has been rewarded as part of the 10th edition of the “Prix de la Francophonie*” for Young Researchers awarded by the AUF.
*Award for French-speaking countries

This award annually recognizes significant contributions to the field of mathematical physics.

This prize is awarded for work intended for the progress and well-being of humanity.

After Yasmine Bouagga, last year, it is a second member of the Triangle Laboratory who is rewarded by the French Red Cross Foundation.

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) has named the 50 recipients of 2022 Union Medals and Awards. These individuals are honoured for their important contributions to the Earth, planetary and space sciences.

A timely result for the standardisation of post-quantum cryptography.

This is prestigious recognition for Denis Bartolo for his pioneering experimental and theoretical contributions to the field of active matter.

Carine Michel is the 2020 recipient in the scientific category.
 

On 3 June 2021, the names of new members of the 31st year group of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) were announced.

Photo credit: © Hubert Souquet-Basiège | Ariane Gayout in a wind tunnel balancing a pendulum for experiments on instationary aerodynamic effects.

The prize is awarded to Djob Mvondo for his thesis entitled Resilience and sizing in virtualized environments.

The Academic influence website recently published a list of the 10 most influential scientists for their exciting and innovative contributions to the study of Earth sciences. Among them is Isabelle Daniel, a former student of the ENS de Lyon and member of the Laboratory of geology of Lyon.

Congratulations to Olivier Terrier, research fellow at CIRI, recipient of the CNRS Bronze Medal for 2021.

She receives this honor is in recognition of her substantial contributions to the learning sciences.

Press release from the Academy of Sciences on December 9, 2020.

Two researchers from ENS de Lyon have received an award from the French Academy of Sciences.

Isabelle Baraffe, professor at CRAL (ENS de Lyon / CNRS / UCBL), is the recipient of the prestigious Viktor Ambartsumian International Scientific Prize.

EMBO press release on July 7, 2020.

Communication from SAAFE, by Michael Rose, on July 1, 2020.

Since 1922, the Louis Ancel Award is granted every year by the French Society of Physics. It rewards a French physicist for his/her work in condensed matter physics.

The Bronze Medal is awarded to early work of researchers who are specialists in their field. This distinction represents an encouragement from the CNRS to pursue research that is well underway and already fruitful.

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions support researchers at all stages of their careers, regardless of age and nationality. Researchers working across all disciplines are eligible for funding. The MSCA also support cooperation between industry and academia and innovative training to enhance employability and career development.

Yves Robert has been selected to receive the 2020 IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award “for contributions to parallel algorithms and scheduling techniques.”

The French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation presented ENS de Lyon with the national 2019 Higher Education teaching award “Passion Enseignement et Pédagogie” designed to encourage institutional commitment to the pursuit of excellent, innovative university teaching and learning. ENS de Lyon won in the "Internationalization" category, for its international “Transatlantic Translation Workshop”.

The 'AI Chairs' aim to offer researchers substantial resources to build a team and carry out an ambitious project whose visible impact is expected.

On Tuesday 8 October, 35 young women researchers received the Young Talent Award from the L'Oréal Foundation, in partnership with UNESCO.

Vance Bergeron, Ane Aanesland, Livio de Luca, and Orphée Cugat are the 2019 CNRS Innovation Medallists. Since 2011, this CNRS prize has rewarded researchers for their work in the technological, therapeutic, economic, and social fields.

On September 11, Bernard Lahire will receive the insignia of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Veracruz.