The annual and official ceremony of Strasbourg University for the phD graduation took place on friday 21st of June in the Palais Universitaire. Our freshly graduated students, who all defended during fall 2023, participated and we congratulate them again for this accomplishment !
From left to right : Dr Bianca Patrahau, Dr² Luis Pires and Dr Shahana Nizar Shyla
Photo : Anjali Jayachandran
Last friday we took the time to have a lab outing. Weather was a bit uncertain but we did a nice 15 km walk around the Mont Saint-Odile, with some highlights like an unexpected detailed explanation about Ottrott’s castles, a picnic under the rain, a short visit of Hohenbourg abbey and a miraculous water tasting…. Congratulations to all the hikers !
Following the EMRS spring meeting, we had dinner in La Victoire, like in the good old days, with our alumni present at the conference. It was a pleasure to see you all !
Thomas Ebbesen has been nominated to the Presidential Science Council that advises President Macron on science policy, emerging disciplines, national strategy and priorities. This council was established in December 2023 and he is one of 14 members covering many academic disciplines.
Crédit Photo : Elysée
With a bit of delay, here is the traditional “Women’s day” group picture of women working in ISIS, where three members of our team are present, together with Jean-Marie Lehn and ISIS new director, Jean-François Lutz.
Photo : C. Schneider
Note that in the same line, we will receive on March 15 a group of high school students in our lab, in the framework of the event “Sciences, un métier de femmes“, to promote scientific professions among young women.
Since 10 days now, we have a new member in the team, Giovanni Mormina, who is currently taking the courses of the master Condensed Matter and Nanophysics in Strasbourg. Before coming in Alsace, he completed his education at the University of Bordeaux and his previous internships at the Laboratoire d’Ondes et Matière d’Aquitaine.
He is now starting a four-month internship at ISIS on stochastic thermodynamics and will work under the direction of Cyriaque Genet. Welcome to him !
We had a small celebration last Tuesday for the 70th birthday of Thomas Ebbesen, kindly organized by the members of the Fondation Jean-Marie Lehn. Thanks again for their welcome !
Crédit photo : Sandrine Fournier
The defense went super well and we congratulate Dr. Dr. Pires, here below with his phD defense jury. Many thanks to the external members for their participation and the inspiring talks they gave during the minisymposium the day before.
We will have the pleasure to host in our lab Pr Paulo Maia Neto, from Physics Institute of UFRJ, Brasil, for a full month from December 6. He is a specialist in quantum optics, Casimir physics, quantum optomechanics and optical tweezers. During his stay, he will give two lectures in the framework of the Physics Doctoral School
– Lecture 1 (December 11, 4pm) : Decoherence of massive particles by radiation pressure
– Lecture 2 (December 20, 4pm) : Dynamical Casimir effects with atoms
You can find more details about the lectures, that will take place in the auditorium of IPCMS, Cronenbourg Campus, on this page.
If you wish to meet Pr Maia Neto during his stay, don’t hesitate to contact Dr Cyriaque Genet.
Since one week, we have the pleasure to welcome Francesco Bertocchi as a visiting PhD student in our group. He graduated from University of Parma in 2021 with a master’s degree in Chemistry, then he started a PhD in Chemical Sciences, still at University of Parma, in the Spectroscopy and Modeling of Functional Molecular Materials group, directed by Pr Anna Painelli. His main research interests are supramolecular aggregation and chirality. Francesco is now in his third and last PhD year and will stay among us for 3 months, welcome to him !
