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HDR defense: Ziad Rustom – December 15, 2025On Monday, December 15, 2025, Ziad Rustom will defend his PhD thesis entitled: « MetroCom-I: 10 Gbps Free-Space Optical Communication link for Time and Distance Metrology » The defense will take place at 2 p.m. at Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur, plateau de Calern (Alpes Maritimes) Thesis co-funded by FIRST-TF
Post-doc position at FEMTO-ST (Besançon)Post-doc position open at FEMTO-ST, OHMS (Oscillators, Clocks, Metrology and Systems) group Subject: Microcell-based optical clocks Duration: 1 year, with possibility of extension => Plus de détails
REFIMEVE Annual Meeting – New deadline for registration: November 14th, 2025You can registrer here: https://agrefimeve2025.sciencesconf.org/.
Christophe Daussy (LPL) – Winner of the 2024 Jean Perrin Prize of the French Society of PhysicsAwarded by the French Physics Society, the Jean Perrin Prize recognizes particularly successful efforts to popularize science. In 2021, with the support of the French Optical Society, Christophe Daussy, a lecturer and researcher at the LPL, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, relaunched a project that was initially started within the Atouts Sciences association in 2015, for […]
FIRST-TF 2025 annual meeting & workshop on “Application of Time-Frequency technologies to defense and space industries”Slides presented at those events are now available at this page
Christophe Salomon wins the 2025 Balzan PrizeFrench physicist Christophe Salomon has been awarded the 2025 Balzan Prize by the Balzan Foundation for his pioneering work using ultra-cold atoms to build atomic clocks that have revolutionized time measurement. Link to the press release from the Balzan International Foundation. The prize will be awarded in Bern (Switzerland) on November 14, 2025.
Research Engineer at LPLFixed-term position for a research engineer in the Metrology, Molecules, and Fundamental Tests research group at the LPL. The candidate will work on experimental developments for precision measurements and ultra-stable signal transmission, with a strong focus on electronics. Applications are open on the CNRS job portal: link.