• Odile Stéphan elected to the French Academy of Sciences

    Odile Stéphan elected to the French Academy of Sciences

    We are delighted to announce the election of Odile Stéphan, a member of the STEM group which she led from 2009 to 2021, to the Académie des sciences. Odile Stéphan, Professor at Université Paris-Saclay at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS, CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay), is a specialist in electron microscopy and spectroscopy. Together…

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  • Florian Castioni joins the STEM team as a permanent CNRS researcher

    Florian Castioni joins the STEM team as a permanent CNRS researcher

    The Orsay STEM groupe is pleased to welcome Florian Castioni as new permanent CNRS researcher. Originally from the Var region, Florian completed all of his engineering studies at INSA Lyon, including an Erasmus exchange year at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden). In 2019, he began his PhD at CEA Grenoble – LETI, where…

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  • Malo Bézard awarded the 2025 Favard Prize of the french microscopy society

    Malo Bézard awarded the 2025 Favard Prize of the french microscopy society

    Our former PhD student Malo Bezard in STEM group at Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), has received the Favard Prize from the Société française des microscopies (Sfµ) for his outstanding PhD thesis: “Optical Polarization, Spatial Coherence, and High-Q Photonic Cavities in an Electron Microscope.” His work opened new avenues in nano-optics by demonstrating spatially…

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  • ERC Advanced Grant 2024: The STEM Group awarded for the FreeQCC project

    ERC Advanced Grant 2024: The STEM Group awarded for the FreeQCC project

    STEM group member Mathieu Kociak, CNRS research director at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (CNRS / Université Paris-Saclay), has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant 2024 from the European Research Council. This grant recognizes bold and groundbreaking scientific projects. This project tackles questions that are central to the group’s scientific focus and distinctive expertise.…

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  • We are on Linkedin

    We are on Linkedin

    Stay in the loop with all the latest happenings of our group! Follow our LinkedIn page to stay up-to-date with the most recent updates and news. Join us on this exciting journey of scientific exploration and discovery! https://fr.linkedin.com/company/stem-group-lps-orsay

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