GECAT Congress: 4 prizes for our students!
Congratulations to our students for winning 4 prizes at the GECAT 2024 Congress, which took place from 14 to 17 May in Hendaye:
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European EASVOLEE project: find out more
Air pollution and the impact of transport-related emissions remain major concerns for health and the environment.To gain a better understanding of the phenomena that occur in the atmosphere, the partners in the EASVOLEE project will...
Portrait of Catherine Pinel at the “Plurielles” exhibition
The Plurielles exhibition “Les femmes font Villeurbanne” highlights the place of women in the city until 30 September 2024. Through various portraits of women by artist Céleste Gangolphe, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on...
Easvolee: launch of measurement campaigns
Watch the first moments of the launch of the pollutant measurement campaigns in real traffic conditions (ISC*, and RDE** cycle) in the video below.These campaigns are part of the EASVOLEE European project, bringing together 8...
Pauline Bredy, in her grandfather’s footsteps
Once upon a time, there was the story of Pauline Bredy and her grandfather Gérard Bredy, both doctoral students at the laboratory, 57 years apart!Pauline tells us about this wonderful adventure in an interview: Your...
Jean-Marc Millet in the spotlight
A special issue of Applied Catalysis A is dedicated to our colleague Jean-Marc Millet Jean-Marc joined the Institute in 1987 and has devoted over 35 years to the field of materials science and catalysis. He...
French MOF 2024 Conference
The Ircelyon and LMI laboratories are co-organising an open-access conference to bring together French and European researchers working on MOFS and other porous materials.The conference will take place on 10 and 11 June 2024 in...
MUOAA 2024
The Molecular-Level Understanding of Atmospheric Aerosols (MUOAA 2024) workshop and school will gather scientists involved in studying atmospherically relevant aerosols at a fundamental level in the laboratory, in the field and via advanced modeling techniques...
“Demain, mais en mieux !” 2024 edition
The CNRS and many other players in research and innovation will be present at the Yggdrasil Festival of Imaginary Worlds.On 3 and 4 February 2024, come and talk to scientists about projects for the future,...
CNRS 2023 medal ceremony
The CNRS 2023 Lyon Talents ceremony took place on Tuesday December 19.You can relive the ceremony thanks to the replay available online on the CNRS YouTube channel, and every 2 weeks find videos of 2...
Converting CO2 using microwaves!
Trapping carbon dioxide and then converting it to methane enables reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and recycle CO2 into a sustainable fuel, provided renewable H2 is employed. Microwave-based reactors provide an efficient means...
Adrien Gandolfo, new recruit
Adrien Gandolfo join the CARE team of our laboratory as “maître de conférence” in environmental chemistry, specialising in multiphase chemistry and the study of soil-ground-atmosphere interactions.Adrien combines laboratory experiments and field measurements to carry out...
A sporting feat!
Congratulations to Buqin XU, a post-doctoral researcher in the C’Durable team, who has completed the Tor des Géants, TOR330, an endurance trail race in the Valle d’Aosta, covering a distance of 330 km with 24,000...
Heating without polluting. Thermal storage in road transport
Developing a system capable of capturing, storing and releasing the heat emitted by internal combustion engines, without emitting carbon?This is now a reality, thanks to the collaborative efforts of several research laboratories working towards a...
Rare and expensive, palladium adopts a sober approach
A rare metal more precious than gold, palladium is a cornerstone of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.As scientists look for alternatives, a promising avenue is emerging for considerably reducing its use.Find out more from Valérie...
Biorefinery. The gradual emergence of an alternative to oil
Making the most of lignocellulosic biomass is one of the key areas for research into greener chemistry for the future.What are the advances and difficulties involved in this research?Find out more from our colleague Franck...
Hugo DIAS, prize for the best presentation at the SCF2023 congress
Congratulations to Hugo Dias, C’Durable team, who received the award for the best presentation at the SCF2023 congress in Nantes, for his presentation “Structure-reactivity link of imidazole derivatives as catalysts for cycloaddition of CO2 to...
VALOTHERBIO Thematic school
The GDR Thermobio is pleased to announce the opening of registrations for the VALOTHERBIO school! This school on the Thermochemical Valorization of Biomass and Waste: Characterization, Processes and Sectors, will take place from October 2...
“Time-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy applications on various time scales” webinar
The Photoemission Spectroscopy Research Federation (FR SPE) and the CATREN team of IRCELYON organize an online seminar on the scientific challenge Time resolved photoemission (Tr-PES). The seminar entitled “Time-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy applications on various time...
Valorization of CO2 in methanol: which reactive species lead the dance?
Researchers from the IRCELYON laboratory have succeeded in highlighting the reaction mechanisms of the catalytic conversion of CO2 into methanol. This study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, opens up prospects for the...
Noémie PERRET, DivCat Young Researcher Award
Congratulations to Noémie Perret, C’Durable team, who received the Young Researcher prize awarded by the DivCat and presented during the GeCat 2023 Congress. This prize rewards his work on the use of carbide and nitride...
Isaline BONNIN, prize for the best oral presentation at the GECat’2023 congress
Congratulations to Isaline Bonnin, C’Durable team and CP2M laboratory, who received the award sponsored by Micromeritics for the best oral presentation at the GECat 2023 congress which took place in Dunkerque from June 6 to...
EASVOLEE project is recruiting
The European EASVOLEE project is recruiting doctoral and post-doctoral students!Find the offers in our section Intership/Jobs offersTo follow the project 👉 http://www.easvolee.eu and https://www.linkedin.com/company/easvolee-project/
Chantal Lorentz, CNRS Crystal Medal 2023
Congratulations to Chantal Lorentz, Research Engineer within the CATREN team and head of the Ircatech characterization platform in our laboratory, winner of the CNRS 2023 crystal medal.His video portrait will be broadcast during the medal...
Public courses “Chimies Situées : quels avenirs aborder avec quelles chimies ?”
Alessandra Quadrelli (ING team) will give a course cycle from May 10 to 31 at la Cité des Halles (Lyon 7). This cycle is part of the Cours publics de l’Ecole urbaine de Lyon 2023...
Launch of the EASVOLEE project… towards cleaner air in Europe!
The Easvolee project (for «Effects on Air quality of Semi-VOLatile Engine Emissions»), supported by the Horizon Europe program of the European Union, brings together European experts in experimental measurement and modeling in order to quantify,...
Elobio : produce green hydrogen
Producing hydrogen without fossil fuels?This is the idea of the European research project ELOBIO (2023-2026), coordinated by Ircelyon, which aims to produce carbon-free hydrogen by electrolysis of biomass. This project, which benefits from a budget...
Women chemists and the environment
The CNRS Institute of Chemistry (INC) highlights 6 portraits of women scientists who work sustainably for the environment. Among these portraits, that of Alessandra Quadrelli, director of research at Ircelyon (Catalyst and Process Engineering team)....
Nicolas GRIMALDOS OSORIO, 2022 Thesis Prize of the SCF inter-division Energy
The transversal Energy division of the “Société Chimique de France” (SCF) awarded its thesis prize to Nicolas Grimaldos Osorio, who graduated in 2022 from the University of Lyon in joint supervision with the University of...
“Demain, mais en mieux !” 2023 Festival
“The universe that brings together those who dream of tomorrow’s world” After the success of last year’s edition, “Demain, mais en mieux” returns on February 4 and 5, 2023 at Eurexpo Lyon within the Yggdrasil...
