Three STI professors win ERC Synergy Grants

Andras Kis, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES), was selected for the project, "SKIN-like TWO-Dimensional materials-based elecTRONICS conformable to rough surfaces" along with colleagues in Italy and Spain. Edoardo Charbon, head of the Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory (AQUA), was selected for the project "Smart Detectors for Darkfield X-ray Imaging," in collaboration with colleagues in Germany and Spain. Tobias Kippenberg, head of the joint STI-School of Basic Sciences Laboratory of Photonic Integrated Circuits and Quantum Measurements (K-Lab), was selected for "Active Hybrid Photonic Integrated Circuits for Ultra-Efficient Electro-Optic Conversion and Signal Processing" with colleagues from Germany.

John Mckinney of the School of Life Sciences also received a grant, bringing the number of projects involving EPFL researchers to four out of 57. According to an press release, a total of €571 million was awarded by the European Research Council to address some of the most complex scientific problems, covering a wide range of disciplines.

The ERC Synergy Grants foster collaboration between outstanding researchers, enabling them to combine their expertise, knowledge and resources to push the boundaries of scientific discovery. This funding is part of the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Applicants submitted 548 proposals in this call. The 57 winning projects involve 201 researchers who will carry out their projects at 184 universities and research centres in 24 countries across Europe and beyond. See the full list of winners.