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The CNRS 2024 Innovation Medal laureates
Cyril Aymonier, Lydéric Bocquet and Eleni Diamanti are the three recipients of the CNRS 2024 Innovation Medal, which rewards male and female scientists whose research has led to groundbreaking technological, therapeutic or social innovation.
The careers of the three winners of the 2024 CNRS Innovation Medal illustrate the excellence and variety of research conducted at the CNRS, as well as the multiple avenues available for technology transfer.
Cyril Aymonier is a CNRS research professor who directs the Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Bordeaux (ICMCB, CNRS/University of Bordeaux/Bordeaux INP). His research focuses on the synthesis, shaping and recycling of materials in supercritical fluid environments alongside the development of novel materials that cannot be produced using conventional approaches.
Lydéric Bocquet is a CNRS physics research professor working at the École normale supérieure's Physics Laboratory who has now filed twelve patents (notably on membranes) and created four start-ups. Producing electricity, desalinating seawater, and removing alcohol from beverages are just some of the applications growing out of the basic research conducted by Lydéric Bocquet, a CNRS Senior Researcher and pioneer in nanofluidics.
Eleni Diamanti, specialist in quantum technologies, designs communication networks using photons as information transmitters. The work carried out by this CNRS Senior Researcher is laying the foundations for a quantum Internet that will be more robust against attacks, enabling critical information to be transmitted securely. As the Director of the Paris Centre for Quantum Technologies, Eleni Diamanti is highly involved in the French and European quantum computing ecosystem.
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