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🏆 Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer les lauréats des Grands Prix et Prix Binationaux de la Société Chimique de France pour l'année 2026 : Prix Achille Le Bel : Anna Proust, Professeure à l'Institut Parisien de Chimie Moléculaire (IPCM), Sorbonne Université Prix Pierre Süe : David Farrusseng, Directeur de Recherche CNRS à L'IRCELYON, CNRS/UCB-Lyon 1 Prix Félix Trombe : Myrtil Kahn, Directrice de Recherche CNRS au Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, UPR CNRS, Toulouse Prix Franco-Allemand "Georg Wittig-Victor Grignard" : Werner Kunz, Professeur à l'Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Université de Regensburg, Allemagne Prix Franco-Espagnol "Miguel Catalan - Paul Sabatier" : Jesus Jimenez-Barbero, Professeur au CIC bioGUNE, Chemical Glycobiology de l'Université de Bilbao, Espagne Prix Franco-Portugais : Ana Cristina Moreira Freire, Professeure au Département de Chimie et Biochimie de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Porte, Portugal Des présentations détaillées seront prochainement disponibles sur notre site internet et dans l'Actualité Chimique. Très bel été à toutes et tous ! 🌞 #chimie #prizes #prix #distinctions #scf

I'm happy to announce that I've joined the Ambassador Program at Ircelyon! I completed a Master's in Climate Sciences before doing my internship on snowmelt in Grenoble. Since it's such a pressing topic right now with the climate warming, I decided to continue in this direction by working on the thawing of the Arctic permafrost. Permafrost is soil that remains frozen for at least two consecutive years. We can find it where the climate is (still) cold: at high latitudes (Arctic, Antarctica) but also at high elevation (above 2500 m). Its thaw contributes to global warming by releasing greenhouse gases that were trapped in the soil or by the microbial decomposition of organic matter. The aim of my thesis is to understand the volatile organic compound (VOC) emission process from permafrost soils: from its source via microbial activity (production/consumption) to its interaction with the atmosphere in remote areas. We plan to combine laboratory experiments with an Arctic field campaign, so stay tuned for updates! 🐻❄️ #Permafrost #VOC #ClimateSciences #Chemistry #Atmosphere #CarbonCycle #OrganicMatter #Arctic #Soil #CNRS #UCBL

Gold isn't just meant to be worn. 💍✨ My field of inquiry 🔍 In my PhD at Ircelyon, I work with gold nanoparticles as catalysts, currently focused on greener ways to synthesise amides from alcohols and amines. A small molecule, but a foundational one: found across pharmaceuticals, materials, everyday chemistry. 🧪 There's a particular kind of intellectual vertigo... 🌀 ...in spending your days with one of the oldest metals known to humanity, only to find it still has secrets to give up. At the nanoscale, gold stops looking like gold. Depending on particle size, it can appear pink, purple, even black. 🎨 The explanation: surface plasmon resonance. Light sets the electrons in the nanoparticles into collective motion, changing how the material absorbs and reflects it. We track this through UV-Vis spectroscopy. 📊 How do I get around these constraints? 🧰 Every catalyst is a negotiation, size, support, preparation. Shift one variable and the entire behaviour changes. ⚖️ That precision is the work: tuning conditions, reading spectra, adjusting again, until the material does what the chemistry requires. 🔁 It's what I love about this field. Gold is a material we think we understand completely. Nanoscience proves otherwise. 🖤 I'm Sabrina 👩🏻🔬 and now a LinkedIn ambassador for Ircelyon. More to come on what research actually looks like, day to day. 🔬 Stay tuned. 🌙 #PhDLife #Research #GreenChemistry #CNRS #UCBL #Science #Catalysis #Gold #Nanotechnology

I’m happy to announce that I’ve joined the Ambassador Program at Ircelyon as a first-year PhD student working in photoelectrochemistry!! If you’ve ever wondered what that actually means in simple terms, think about those little solar-powered dancing flowers people put on car dashboards that start wiggling whenthe sun hits them. That’s basically how our lab materials behave! Instead of just generating electricity like a standard rooftop solar panel, our materials are light-sensitive. The moment sunlight hits them, they instantly jump into action and use that energy to drive chemical reactions. Over the next few years, my goal is to harness these solar powered materials to try and build a working device that turns biomass into green chemistry! Stay tuned to learn more about my life as a PhD student! #PhDLife #GreenChemistry #Photoelectrochemistry #ScienceCommunication #BiomassConversion

🚀 Happy to join the Ircelyon Ambassador Program! During my PhD, I am studying catalytic reactions related to the isosynthesis process, a catalytic route that converts carbon oxides and hydrogen into valuable hydrocarbons such as isobutene. ⚗️ My research focuses on understanding the role of the CO/H₂ system while exploring the potential of CO₂ as an alternative carbon source for isobutene production. 🎯 The challenge? Understanding what really happens on the catalyst surface… where molecules sometimes have their own plans! 😅 🔎 Why does it matter? Isobutene is an important building block for fuels, plastics, and many other applications. By exploring new ways to use CO₂ as a feedstock, we aim to contribute to more sustainable chemical production. 🌱💡 Excited to share more about my research journey, the world of catalysis, and life as a PhD researcher at Ircelyon. Stay tuned! 😉 #Ircelyon #CNRS #UCBL #Catalysis #CO2Conversion #PhDLife #SustainableChemistry #GreenInnovation

Offre de thèse : Développement d'un procédé innovant de production de matériaux d'anode à base de Silicium pour batteries lithium-ion très haute performance PhD proposal: Development of an innovative process for the production of silicon-based anode materials for very high-performance lithium-ion batteries avec Ircelyon Brigitte CAUSSAT et David Farrusseng Application deadline : 31/08/2026 https://lnkd.in/d_S3sYd

🏆 Congratulations to Ibrahim Khalil, recipient of the 2ⁿᵈ FEZA Young Researcher Award, presented at the 10ᵗʰ FEZA Conference in Naples, Italy. This award recognizes outstanding contributions by early-career researchers to the science and technology of microporous and mesoporous materials and celebrates the next generation of leaders in our field. We thank Nordtest for sponsoring the award. #FEZA #YoungResearcherAward #PorousMaterials #Zeolites #MaterialsScience #ResearchExcellence