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The French Academy of Sciences Awards 2025: Sorbonne University researchers rewarded for their research excellence

On 28 October 2025, fourteen members of Sorbonne University's joint laboratories received awards from the French Academy of Sciences during a prestigious ceremony held under the dome of the Institut de France. These awards celebrate the excellence and diversity of research conducted in the university’s joint laboratories, shared with its partner institutions. Sorbonne University is proud of these distinctions which reflect the wealth and international recognition of the research carried out by its teams in areas ranging from physics, mathematics, oceanography, biology, astrophysics and scientific applications.

Published on 29/10/2025 - Updated on 31/10/2025

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The 2025 laureates

Sorbonne University extends its warmest congratulations to the laureates and encourages them to pursue their valuable research, which plays a key role in the advancement of science.

Gérald Bastard – The Physics Medal
Emeritus CNRS research director at the Physics Laboratory of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (LPENS – ENS-PSL/CNRS/Sorbonne University/Université Paris Cité).
Yvon Maday – The Medal for Mechanical and Computer Science
Professor at Sorbonne University at the Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory (LJLL – Sorbonne University/CNRS/Université Paris Cité).
Nicole El Karoui – The Medal for Scientific Applications
Emeritus professor at Sorbonne University at the Laboratoire de probabilités, statistique et modélisation (LPSM – Sorbonne University/Université Paris Cité/CNRS).
Rodolphe Le Targat – The Simone et Cino del Duca Foundation grant
Researcher at the Laboratoire Temps-Espace (LTE – Sorbonne University/CNRS/Observatoire de Paris-PSL).
Delphine Salort - The Simone et Cino del Duca Foundation grant
Professor at Sorbonne University at the Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory (LJLL – Sorbonne University/CNRS/Université Paris Cité).
Jesper Jacobsen – The Ampère Prize from Électricité de France
Professor at Sorbonne University at the Physics Laboratory of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (LPENS – ENS-PSL/CNRS/Sorbonne University/Université Paris Cité).
Jérémie Szeftel – The Mergier-Bourdeix Prize
CNRS research director at the Jacques-Louis Lions Laboratory (LJLL – Sorbonne University/CNRS/Université Paris Cité).
Casimir de Lavergne – The Christian Le Provost Prize
CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire d’océanographie et du climat : expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN – Sorbonne University/CNRS/IRD/MNHN).
Sylvain Gigan – The Cécile Dewitt-Morette/École de physique des Houches/CFM Foundation for Research
Professor at Sorbonne University, deputy head of the Laboratoire Kastler-Brossel (LKB – ENS-PSL/Sorbonne University/Collège de France/CNRS).
Éric Guilyardi – The Ifremer Prize for Marine Science
CNRS research director at the Laboratoire d’océanographie et du climat : expérimentations et approches numériques (LOCEAN – Sorbonne University/CNRS/IRD/MNHN).
Dominique Bockelée-Morvan – The Henri Deslandres Foundation Prize for Universe Science
CNRS research director at the Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics (LIRA – CNRS/Observatoire de Paris-PSL/Sorbonne University/Université Paris Cité).
Ronan Allain – The Fallot-Jérémine, Jacob Prize
Lecturer at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN), Center for Research on Palaeontology (CR2P – MNHN/CNRS/Sorbonne University).
Satish Moparthi – The Prize for Major French Advances in Biology
Inserm postdoctoral researcher at the Center of Research in Myology (CRM – Sorbonne University/Inserm/Institut de myologie).
Maheva Andriatsilavo – The Prize for Major French Advances in Biology
Postdoctoral researcher at the Paris Brain Institute (ICM – CNRS/Inserm/Sorbonne University).

The 2025 French Academy of Science awards ceremony took place on 28 October 2025 at the Coupole de l'Institut de France. A recording of the ceremony is available on the French Academy of Sciences' YouTube channel.