CNRS 2024 awards ceremony

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On Tuesday 19 November 2024, the CNRS medals ceremony for the Brittany and Pays de la Loire delegation was held at the Mabilay in Rennes. 5 medals and a collective crystal were awarded ‘to those who, through the originality, quality and importance of their work, have enhanced the reputation of the region and made an exceptional contribution to the dynamism and renown of the institution’. The winners include Damien Desbruyères, an Ifremer researcher in oceanography at LOPS, and the ‘national oceanographic instrumentation park’ team from the INSU Technical Division. Congratulations to them all! Here is the list of medal winners:

Bronze medals:

  • David CHIRON (CRCI2NA) – CNRS Biology
  • Damien DESBRUYERES (LOPS) – CNRS Earth & Universe
  • Morgane VACHER (CEISAM) – CNRS Chemistry

Crystal medals:

  • Damien GENDRY (Géosciences Rennes) – CNRS Earth & Universe
  • Karine ROBIN (ISCR) – CNRS Chemistry

Collective Crystal Medal: ‘Parc national instrumentation océanographique’ team (DT INSU) – CNRS Terre & Univers – Representatives : Emmanuel DE SAINT-LEGER and Arnaud LE RIDANT
A fuller article is available on the CNRS regional delegation website.

Pictures : Pierre Theiller/ CNRS Bretagne et Pays de la Loire