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Luxembourg Centre for Socio-Environmental SystemsTopic: Physics & Materials Science
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Pride and joy as University researchers collect two FNR Awards
Learn moreOn 19 October 2023, two young University researchers, Dr. Emmanuele Penocchio and Dr. Dominique Santana, collected an award at the annual FNR Awards Ceremony organised by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).
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Towards computational design of molecules with desired properties
Learn moreProf. Alexandre Tkatchenko and his research team at the University of Luxembourg in collaboration with Cornell University and the Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a novel “freedom of design” principle in the chemical compound space (CCS) – the unfathomably vast space populated by all possible atomic compositions and their geometries. The team then showed that…
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Rolf Tarrach Prize 2023 for physicist Dr Emanuele Penocchio
Learn moreThe Association “Amis de l’Université” conferred to Dr Emanuele Penocchio the best doctoral thesis award 2023 of the University of Luxembourg for his tremendous work on “Thermodynamics of chemical engines: A chemical reaction network approach”. More than 70 participants from academia and industry attended the ceremony on 12 July 2023 at the Chamber of Commerce…
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Professor Jorge Iñiguez named 2022 American Physical Society Fellow
Learn moreJorge Iñiguez, an affiliate professor of physics at the University of Luxembourg and a leading physicist at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), has been elected fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for 2022.
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Uni opens physics and engineering labs for 16th Portes Ouvertes
Learn moreFollowing in previous years’ footsteps, the University of Luxembourg once again opened its physics and engineering laboratories to the public this year.
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“Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg”: Visit University Labs
Learn moreThe University of Luxembourg will participate in the 16th edition of the “Portes Ouvertes Luxembourg”.
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Dr Martin Stöhr wins Rolf Tarrach Prize 2022
Learn moreThe 2022 award for the best PhD thesis of the University of Luxembourg was conferred to Dr Martin Stöhr, PhD in Physics, for his work “Van der Waals Dispersion Interactions in Biomolecular Systems: Quantum-mechanical Insights and Methodological Advances”, under the supervision of Prof. Dr Alexandre Tkatchenko.
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International Team Identifies Neurotoxins generated by COVID-19
Learn moreNew results from an international research team composed of the La Trobe and Swinburne Universities in Melbourne, ETH Zurich, and the University of Luxembourg, published in the peer reviewed Nature Communications on 13 June 2022, offer an explanation for the brain shrinkage evidenced from MRI scans following even from mild cases of COVID-19. The team…
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University researcher receives the first EIC grant in Luxembourg
Learn moreA consortium including the University of Luxembourg has been awarded a prestigious PathFinder Open grant of the European Innovation Council (EIC) that supports innovative and disruptive technologies with high impact.
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ERC Advanced Grant on Quantum Materials for Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko
Learn moreProfessor Alexandre Tkatchenko, head of the Department of Physics and Materials Science and professor of theoretical chemical physics at the University of Luxembourg, has been awarded an Advanced Grant (AdG), the most prestigious single-investigator award offered by the European Research Council (ERC). The project is related to the broader field of Quantum Materials in physics,…