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Three Lyon researchers win 2026 Académie des sciences prizes in geoscience, computing and physics
The French Académie des sciences has honoured three researchers from the Lyon Saint-Étienne university site, attached to ENS de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, with named prizes for 2026.
Why it matters: ENS de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 laboratories each count 2026 Académie des sciences prize winners among their research staff.
Université de Lyon reported that Yanick Ricard, an emeritus CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) research director at the Lyon geology laboratory attached to ENS de Lyon, receives the Dolomieu prize for geoscience work.
According to Université de Lyon, Bruno Salvy, an Inria research director in the parallel computing laboratory (LIP) attached to ENS de Lyon, wins the Michel Monpetit – Inria prize for contributions to computer science and mathematics.
Nathalie Moncoffre, a CNRS research director at the Lyon physics institute IP2I attached to Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, receives the Paul Pascal prize for research on materials under extreme conditions, the university group said.
Université de Lyon said the awards show the breadth of research on the Lyon Saint-Étienne site and add to its scientific standing.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The three prizes go to researchers in laboratories attached to ENS de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, covering geoscience, computing and mathematics, and materials physics.
