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Thomas Ebbesen, winner of the 2019 CNRS Gold Medal

The Collège de France extends its congratulations to Thomas Ebbesen, winner of the 2019 CNRS Gold Medal who had been elected to the annual Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt Chair for the 2017-2018 academic year.

This year's CNRS Gold Medal, one of France's most prestigious scientific awards, goes to this Franco-Norwegian physical chemist and professor at the University of Strasbourg, for his highly interdisciplinary work in nanoscience, covering fields as diverse as carbon materials science, optics, nano-photonics and molecular chemistry. His discoveries have led to technological breakthroughs in optoelectronics, optical communications and biosensors.