Giuseppe Leo, Professor at Université Paris Cité and head of the DON team at MPQ laboratory, has been elected Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), with the title of Fundamental Chair.
The role of the Institut Universitaire de France is to encourage the development of high-level research in universities and to strengthen interdisciplinarity. The professors and researchers appointed are recognized for the excellence of their scientific activity, as demonstrated by their international reputation.
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