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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.
HDR defense: Clement LacrouteOn Thursday, October 16, 2025, Clement Lacroute will defend his HDR entitled: “Cavités Fabry-Perot ultra-stables et pièges à ions à électrodes surfaciques pour la métrologie des fréquences optiques” The defense will take place at 2 p.m. in the Mesnages amphitheater at SUPMICROTECH-ENSMM (Besançon).
Doctoral positions within the QuRIOUS MSCA doctoral network on optical quantum clocksSeveral PhD positions are available within the QuRIOUS MSCA doctoral network on optical quantum clocks: https://www.quriousclocks.eu/ Available projects Position R1-UvA: Continuous cavity enhanced Sr clocks – University of Amsterdam, NL Position R2-UvA: Multi-ensemble, zero-deadtime, non-demolition readout Sr clock – University of Amsterdam, NL Position R3-UoB: Compact vacuum chamber suitable for a transportable optical lattice clock […]
REFIMEVE 2025 Annual meeting- Grenoble – Registrations openOn behalf of the organizing committee, I am pleased to announce the opening of registration for the REFIMEVE 2025 General Assembly. You can do so here: https://agrefimeve2025.sciencesconf.org/. For logistical reasons, the registration deadline is November 7th at 12:00 PM UTC+1. Registration is free but mandatory, even for guests. On the General Assembly website, you will […]
Workshop – Fundamental Physics in Space with Quantum SensorsWe are organizing an Aspen Center for Physics (ACP) winter workshop on Fundamental Physics in Space with Quantum Sensors, to be held February 22-27, 2026 in Aspen, Colorado, USA. The goal of this workshop is to bring together the fundamental physics, quantum sensor, and space instrument communities in order to brainstorm ideas for space missions […]