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IUF 2023: Six New Awardees at the University of Montpellier

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

Since its creation in 1991, the Institut universitaire de France has been dedicated to promoting high-level research in universities and strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration. Each year, through an international selection committee, it honors a total of 200 junior and senior female researchers and faculty members ( Professors ) for the exceptional quality of their research. This year, six senior female researchers ( Professors ) were honored in Montpellier. This award comes with a research grant of 15,000 euros per year.

The recipients of the Fundamental Chair are:

  • Guillaume Cassabois: university professor in the Faculty of Sciences. His research, conducted at the Charles Coulomb Laboratory (L2C), focuses on the optical spectroscopy of semiconductors.
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Guillaume Herbet: Associate Professor at the Montpellier-Nîmes School of Medicine and 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 in theoretical physical chemistry at the Charles Gerhardt Institute of Montpellier (ICGM).
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Franck Nicoud: professor at Polytech Montpellier. A specialist in fluid mechanics, he conducts research at the Alexander Grothendieck Institute in Montpellier (IMAG).
    See his profile on the IUF website.
  • Eric Tournié: university professor in the Faculty of Sciences. He conducts research in photonics at the Institute of Electronics and Systems (IES).
    See his profile on the IUF website.

As part of the Innovation Chair