CNRS Talents 2024 in Provence and Corsica

Each year, the awarding of the various CNRS medals is an important moment of recognition. This process pays tribute to those who contribute to the dynamism and renown of the institution, both in terms of research and innovation, as well as support for research.

Discover the 2024 prize list on the Aix-Marseille website: congratulations to all the winners!
 

The silver medal

Éric Cascales is CNRS research director in microbiology and director of the Laboratoire d'ingénierie des systèmes macromoléculaires (LISM, amU/CNRS) in Marseille. He was awarded the CNRS silver medal in 2024.

Estelle Herrscher is CNRS research director in bioarchaeology and director of the Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique (LAMPEA, amU/CNRS/Ministère de la culture) in Aix-en-Provence. In 2024, she was awarded the CNRS silver medal.

The CNRS Silver Medal recognizes researchers for the originality, quality and importance of their work, recognized both nationally and internationally.
 

The bronze medal

Pierre Boivin is a CNRS research fellow in multiphysical reactive flows at the Laboratoire de mécanique, modélisation et procédés propres (M2P2, amU/CNRS/Centrale Méditerranée) in Marseille. He is the recipient of the 2024 CNRS Bronze Medal.

Séverine Gabry-Thienpont is a CNRS research fellow in anthropology at the Institut d'ethnologie et d'anthropologie sociale (IDEAS, amU/CNRS) in Aix-en-Provence. She was awarded the 2024 CNRS bronze medal for her work in Egyptian ethnomusicology.

Charlotte Perrin is a CNRS research fellow in mathematics at the Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille (I2M, amU, Centrale Méditerranée, CNRS) in Marseille. She was awarded the 2024 CNRS bronze medal for her work on fluid flows.

The CNRS Bronze Medal recognizes the first work of researchers who are specialists in their field. This distinction represents an encouragement to pursue research that is already well underway and fruitful.
 

The collective crystal

The Mission Europe pour la Recherche (MER) wins the 2024 collective crystal. Created in January 2024 by the CNRS in partnership with Aix Marseille Université (amU) and its subsidiary Protisvalor, Inserm and the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), its role is to support researchers and teacher-researchers in activities linked to European research and innovation projects.

For almost two years, this pioneering project has been co-constructed with the shared ambition of offering a better service to research units and scientists, while strengthening the European positioning of the four establishments. The MER team is now made up of some twenty people, and is structured into two main areas working in close collaboration.

The cristal collectif award recognizes teams of men and women, research support staff, who have carried out projects whose technical mastery, collective dimension, applications, innovation and influence are particularly remarkable. This distinction is awarded in two categories: "direct support for research" and "accompaniment of research".