2026

  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded the ECIS-Syensqo Award 2026. Read more.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been elected a Member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology (ITATEC). ISIS press release.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded the China-France Chemistry Lectureship Award 2026.
  • Dr. Verónica Montes García has been elected a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC).
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded the 2025–2026 Francqui Chair in Exact Sciences at KU Leuven. Read more.

2025

2024

  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded the 2024 Luigi Tartufari Prize in Physics and Chemistry by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy. Read more.
  • Anna Zhuravlova has won a Young Researcher Award at the E-MRS 2024 Spring Meeting in Strasbourg, France.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been awarded a Mid-career Researcher Award at IUMRS-ICEM 2024 in Hong Kong, China.

2023

2022

2021

2020

  • Former group member Dr. Marc-Antoine Stoeckel has been awarded a PhD prize by the Fondation pour la Recherche en Chimie (FRC). Read more.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been nominated Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). Read more.
  • The Royal Society of Chemistry/Société Chimique de France Joint Lectureship in Chemical Sciences 2020 has been awarded to Prof. Paolo Samorì. Read more. UNISTRA, CNRS, CNRS Alsace and SCF press releases.
  • The University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) has awarded a 2020 Fellowship to Prof. Paolo Samorì. Read more.
  • A new ERC Proof of Concept Grant has been awarded to Prof. Paolo Samorì. Read more.

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

  • Former group member Dr. Chiara Musumeci has been listed as a finalist for the 2015 Reaxys PhD Prize. Read More.
  • Thomas Mosciatti has been awarded the "Young Scientist Award" from the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the E-MRS 2015 Spring Meeting, Symposium Y, "Science and technology of two-dimensional materials". 
  • Dr. Artur Ciesielski wins the 2015 "Outstanding Pole in France" contest in the "Young Pole" category. Read more.
  • Dr. Marco Gobbi has been awarded the Best Experimental Thesis Prize by GEFES, Group Specialized on Solid State Physics of the Spanish Royal Physical Society. Read more.

2014

  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been elected member of the Academia Europaea.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been elected fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC).
  • Thomas Mosciatti received the best poster award at the "10th International Conference on Organic Electronics" (ICOE 2014) in Modena, June 2014.

2013

  • Dr. Emanuele Orgiu receives the MIT TR35 France award, which recognises the 10 most outstanding young innovators under the age of 35 in France. Read more here and here.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì is part of the large international consortium that is awarded the EU Emerging Technology Flagship for "Graphene". Read more here.

2012

  • Sébastien Haar received the best poster award at the "6th International Meeting on Molecular Electronics" in Grenoble, December 2012.
  • Prof. Paolo Samorì receives the Silver Medal of CNRS 2012.

2011

  • Prof. Paolo Samorì has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).
  • Dr. Artur Ciesielski received the best poster award at the "Bio- and Nanomaterials" conference, held in Poznan (Poland).
  • Dr. Artur Ciesielski has been awarded with the Prix Jean Kepler from the Fondation Saint Thomas for his PhD thesis entitled "Supramolecular nanochemistry: from self-assembly to responsive architectures". Read more.

2010

  • Paolo Samorì is awarded with the ERC Starting Grant for his project entitled "SUPRAFUNCTION: Supramolecular materials for organic electronics: unravelling the architecture vs. function relationship".
  • Paolo Samorì was elected as Junior Member of the "Institut Universitaire de France" (IUF) for the period 2010–2015.
  • Paolo Samorì received the "Guy Ourisson" prize 2010 in recognition of the quality of his research.

2009

  • Paolo Samorì received the "Nicolò Copernico" award 2009 for his discoveries in the field of nanotechnology, 16 May 2009.

2007

  • Giovanna De Luca received the best poster award at the "8° Congresso Nazionale di Chimica Supramolecolare" which was held in Trieste (Italy) on 19–22 September 2007.
  • Jeffrey Mativetsky received the best poster award at the ECME2007 conference (Metz, France), 8 September 2007.

2006

  • Vincenzo Palermo received the Societe Italiana Scienze Microscopiche (S.I.S.M.) award 2006 section materials science.
  • Giuseppina Pace received the Best Poster Award at the TNT 2006 conference that was held in Grenoble, 4–8 September 2006.
  • Paolo Samorì received the "Vincenzo Caglioti" Award 2006 Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy).
  • Matteo Palma received the Young Scientist Award at European Materials Research Society (E-MRS'06) that was held in Strasbourg, 28 May – 2 June 2006.
  • Desiree Gentilini received the Lido di Ostia 2006 prize for her highest quality Laurea thesis.

2004

  • Laura Sardone received the Young Scientist Award at the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS'04) that was held in Strasbourg, 24–28 May 2004.
  • Matteo Palma received the Best Poster Award at the 2nd National Conference of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology that was held in Bologna, 25–27 February 2004.

2003

  • Vincenzo Palermo received the Young Scientist Award at the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS'03) that was held in Strasbourg, May 2003.

2002

2001

2000

1998

  • Paolo Samorì received the Young Scientist Award: E-MRS'98 Spring Meeting (Strasbourg, France, June 1998).

 

News

3 November 2026

Federico Zorzenon joins the group as a CSC Graduate School Master 2 Student from the University of Strasbourg, France. Welcome, Federico!

1 October 2026

Dr. Georgette Obeid joins the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Covadonga Álvarez-García as a Visiting PhD Student from CIC nanoGUNE, Spain. Welcome, Georgette and Covadonga!

28 September 2026

Dr. Sayan Halder joins the group as a Visiting Researcher from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Welcome, Sayan!

24 September 2026

Klaudiusz Labrzycki joins the group as a Visiting Master Student from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Welcome, Klaudiusz!

1 September 2026

Dr. Thitiporn Sangchai joins the group as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Welcome, Thitiporn!

The M-ERA.NET project NEUROMAT starts!

 

Latest Publications

P. Corsaro, S. Vitale, A. B. Carbonaro, A. Giuffrida, G. Trusso Sfrazzetto, A. Auditore, A. Licciardello, N. Tuccitto, P. Samorì, "Fluorescent Nanohydrogel-Based Time-Temperature Indicator for On-Demand Activation and Paper-Based Thermal-History Monitoring", Sens. Actuators Rep., 2026, in press (open access).

H. Peng, V. Montes-García, D. Pakulski, Y. Tang, A. Ciesielski, H. Wang, P. Samorì, "Molecular design of sulfonate-graphene oxide frameworks (GOF) separators with crystallographic orientation and ion selectivity for high-rate zinc-ion storage", Energy Storage Mater., 2026, in press (open access).

P. Samorì, C. Backes, J. N. Coleman, T. D. Anthopoulos, "2D Materials and Beyond: Tomorrow’s Printable Low-Dimensional Nanostructures and Hybrids", Small, 2026, in press (free access).

P. Tordi, P. Samorì, M. Bonini, "Adaptive biopolymer hydrogels for multimodal sensing: from molecular interactions to integrated function", Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci., 2026, in press (open access).

C. Valentini, M. Bielejewski, E. Mijowska, V. Montes-García, Artur Ciesielski, "From functional groups to electrochemical performance: the role of lignin chemistry in zinc-based energy storage", RSC Appl. Interfaces, 2026, in press (open access).