ERC Starting Grant 2025
Four scientists from Sorbonne University laboratories have been awarded prestigious funding from the European Research Council.
The winners
Staff from Sorbonne University
- Junsoo Han – Lecturer with an accreditation to supervise research (HDR) at Sorbonne University. Laboratory of Interfaces and Electrochemical Systems (LISE - Sorbonne University/CNRS). Junsoo Han coordinates the "URANUS" project (Understanding degradation mechanisms of metallic materials in extreme environments using element-resolved .electrochemistry).
Staff from partner institutions
- Alejandro Alvarez Laguna – CNRS research fellow at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (LPP - Sorbonne University/CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique/Université Paris-Saclay/Observatoire de Paris). Alejandro Alvarez Laguna coordinates the "HiMomPlas" project (High-order moment models and multi-scale numerical methods for plasmas applied to electric propulsion).
- Alexandros Eskenazis – CNRS research fellow at the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu – Paris Rive Gauche (IMJ-PRG - Sorbonne University/CNRS/Université Paris Cité). Alexandros Eskenazis coordinates the "DiAnQuGe" project (Discrete Analysis and Quantitative Geometry).
- James Utterback – CNRS research fellow at the Paris Institute of NanoScience (INSP - Sorbonne University/CNRS). James Utterback coordinates the "InSituDynamics" project (Energy Carrier Transport in Nanocrystal Optoelectronics Under Relevant In Situ Conditions).
ERC Starting Grants
ERC Starting Grants provide funding for research projects conducted by researchers with 2 to 7 years of experience since completion of their PhD.
Starting Grant laureates may be awarded up to €1.5 million for a period of 5 years, allowing them to develop excellent breakthrough research with the team of their choice.
The sole criterion for application proposals is scientific excellence.