École normale supérieure de Lyon

On Tuesday November 21, the French Academy of Sciences unveiled its next round of awards. Congratulations to UMPA member Jean-Christophe Mourrat and School alumnus Ludovic Berthier.

Alice Briole, Edwige Cyffers and Aurora Pignata, all graduates of the ENS Lyon, have been awarded grants from the L'Oréal-UNESCO program to support the involvement of young women in scientific research.

Congratulations to Anne L'Huillier, a former student of ENS de Lyon, laureate of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics, alongside Ferenc Krausz and Pierre Agostini.

Congratulations to Samuel Angiboust (geology), Anne Benoit (computer science) and Grégory Miermont (mathematics), as well as to the alumni nominated.

Congratulations to the physics students of ENS de Lyon and their coaches for this wonderful victory.

Isabelle Baraffe, member of the CRAL, is Professor of Astrophysics on secondment at the University of Exeter, UK. She is awarded the EAS 2023 Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture.

In 2023, Patrice Abry has been elevated EURASIP Fellow, Patrick Flandrin has received the Technical Achievement Award.

Congratulations to our students and our coaches from the Chemistry Department for this great victory.

Our students have talent! The proof is in the 10th edition of the French Physicists' Tournament where our students finished in second place.

Sabine Fourrier (HiSoMA) and Hervé Piégay (EVS) are among the 24 national laureates. Both of them would like to share this medal with their teams. Congratulations also to our 4 Alumni Ludovic Berthier, Isabelle Cantat, Jeanne Crassous and Ludovic Orlando, also distinguished by the CNRS.

CNRS researcher at CIRI since February 1st, 2023, Abdelrahim Zoued works on the Legionella pneumophila bacterium. He received the Jacques Monod Foundation 2022 Prize, awarded by the Fondation de France, for his research project on the pathogen-host interface during infections.

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

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.

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

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.

Congratulations to Édouard Bonnet (LIP), Mathilde Paris (IGFL) and Stephan Steinmann (LCH), recipients of the 2023 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.