News

27 November 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Research

Kristel Chanard receives the 2025 Irène Joliot-Curie Prize in the “Young Female Scientist” category.

Awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Space, the Academy of Sciences, and the Academy of Technologies, this prize has been recogn...

27 November 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Research

International honours for Daniel Neuville in the field of glass science

Daniel Neuville, CNRS research director at IPGP, was awarded the Morey Prize in 2025 and was elected chair of the technical committees of the Internat...

30 October 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life, Research

Catherine Chauvel receives the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Academy of Sciences

On Tuesday 28 October, Catherine Chauvel, CNRS research director at the Paris Institute of Earth Physics, received the Léon Lutaud Prize from the Acad...

14 April 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Events, Research

The HERMES Project Selected for Université Paris Cité’s inIdEx 2025–2030 Program

Exploring the origins of life and the mysteries of the Universe: an ambitious project at the crossroads of Earth sciences and astrophysics

09 April 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Events, Research

IPGP awarded the "HR Excellence in Research" label

IPGP has recently been awarded the "HR Excellence in Research" label by the European Commission. This distinction recognizes our institution's commitm...

08 April 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Research

Congratulations to Marouchka Froment, winner of the 2025 French National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (CNFGG)

This prestigious award recognizes the excellence of her PhD thesis entitled "Meteorite impacts on Mars: seismic observations, source theory, and model...

25 March 2025

Awards and Distinctions, General public, Research

Charles Le Losq appointed junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France

Congratulations to Charles Le Losq, associate professor in Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geophysics (CAGE) team, on his appointment as...

27 January 2025

Awards and Distinctions, Institute Life

Michel Diament appointed full member of the Bureau des Longitudes

By decree of the President of the Republic dated 27 January 2025, Michel Diament, physicist emeritus at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, ha...

23 September 2024

Awards and Distinctions

Gustavo Madeira wins the Wagner Sessin Award and the São Paulo State University Grand Thesis 2024

Gustavo Madeira, a postdoctoral fellow in the Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geophysics team at the IPGP, has been awarded for his work...

20 September 2024

Awards and Distinctions, Press

Frédéric Moynier elected AGU Fellow 2024

Each year, AGU bestows this honor to individuals recognized for their scientific eminence, demonstrated through breakthroughs, discoveries or innovati...

19 August 2024

Awards and Distinctions, Observatories, Press

Aline Peltier awarded the Medal of Honour for Overseas Commitment

Aline Peltier, volcanologist and director of the Volcanological Observatory of Piton de la Fournaise (OVPF-IPGP) was awarded the Bronze Medal of Honou...

14 June 2024

Awards and Distinctions, Research

Charles Le Losq appointed member of the Institut Universitaire de France

The role of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) is to encourage the development of high-level research in universities and to strengthen interd...