Highlights
PhD students, researchers, engineers, professors... Key players who have left their mark on the world of research through prizes and publications, and an inventory of recent projects and discoveries..
Notable discoveries
- Quartz Discovered for the First Time on Mars by the Perseverance Rover, Confirming Ancient Water Circulation on the Red PlanetOn February 28, 2025An international research team, involving numerous French laboratories—including the Institute of Planetology and Astrophysics of Grenoble (OSUG - CNRS/UGA), the Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics, and Cosmochemi...Find out more
- A novel study reveals a significant decline in glaciers on a global scaleOn February 19, 2025Since 2000, the world's glaciers have lost 5% of their initial volume, and 273 billion tonnes of ice are disappearing every year - the equivalent of 3 Olympic swimming pools per second. These are the results of an in-dep...Find out more
Awards and honors
- Accolade/Award"Energion"biological engineering project awarded an ERC Advanced Grant 2023On July 3, 2024The "Energion" project will receive €2.9 million over 5 years, with the aim of redefining the concept of biological engineering by conducting fundamental research in assembling smart nanostructured systems of artificial ...Find out more
- Accolade/AwardSandra Lavorel, ecologist in Grenoble, is awarded the CNRS 2023 Gold MedalOn September 21, 2023The CNRS Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious French scientific distinctions, has been awarded to the Sandra Lavorel, ecologist at the Laboratoire d'écologie alpine (LECA - CNRS/UGA/USMB). A specialist in the function...Find out more
Published on October 7, 2020
Updated on October 7, 2020
Updated on October 7, 2020
