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IUF 2023: six new winners at the University of Montpellier

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Six Professors the University of Montpellier have been appointed as senior members of the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) for a five-year term beginning October 1, 2023. They were honored on Monday, September 18, 2023, at a ceremony at the Jardin des Plantes attended by the new administrator of the IUF, Elyès Jouini.

Since its creation in 1991, the Institut universitaire de France has been committed to promoting high-level research in universities and strengthening interdisciplinarity. Each year, an international jury selects 200 junior and senior Professors researchers for the exceptional quality of their research. This year, six Professors were honored in Montpellier. The award comes with a research grant of €15,000 per year.

The winners of the fundamental chair are:

  • Guillaume Cassabois: professor at the Faculty of Science. His research at the Charles Coulomb Laboratory (L2C) focuses on optical spectroscopy of semiconductors.
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Guillaume Herbet: Senior Lecturer at the Montpellier-Nîmes Faculty of Medicine, he is a neuroscience researcher at the Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF).
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Guillaume Maurin: University professor at the Montpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology (IUT). He is a researcher at the Charles Gerhardt Montpellier Institute (ICGM) in theoretical physical chemistry.
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Franck Nicoud: professor at Polytech Montpellier. A specialist in fluid mechanics, he works as a researcher at the Alexander Grothendieck Institute in Montpellier (IMAG).
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Eric Tournié: Professor at the Faculty of Science. He conducts research in photonics at the Institute of Electronics and Systems (IES).
    See his profile on the IUF website.

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