November 2024

Lam Nguyen (UPEC coordinator of the double diplom program between UPEC and USTH) taught Physical Chemistry II to Chemistry students of the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH) in Vietnam.

October 2024

Lam Nguyen and the Faculty of Science and Technology welcomed the Vice-Rector of the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH).

Don McNaughton, Monash University, visited our lab. This is also our first group foto with Wes!

September 2024

Wes Westerfield joins the group as a post-doc. He will develop the westerfit code to fit large amplitude motions coupled with spins. Welcome Wes!

June 2024

Summer-Picnic: SpecAt gathered at the end of the school year to enjoy a friendly moment in the sun. In the spirit of the upcoming Olympic Games, Helgi organized the SpecAt Games, bringing together five teams (the Jedis, 2 Microns, the Asians, XDM (Xavier-Diego-Martin), and the Losers). These games tested the teams’ spectroscopic skills, such as accuracy and precision. The team 'The Asians' won the trophy with flying colors!

May 2024

Luyao comes back to LISA to visit the group! Welcome, Monsieur le Professeur junior ;-)

April 2024

Diego Robles and Stéphanie Chen join the group for their bachelor theses. Welcome Diego and Stéphanie!

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September 2023

• We say goodbye to Kenneth who will start a new postdoc adventure in his dream group of Ken Leopold, University of Minnesota. You will do great, Kenneth!

• Sven joins the group as a postdoc. Welcome back as a microwaver, Sven!

August 2023

The group participates at the HRMS meeting 2023 in Dijon, France. The nicest foto is of course at the banquet table. French food and wine!

Banquet

The LISA germans, and an Icelander

June 2023

Lam, Eléonore, Isabelle (and Lê My, the little girl in yellow) participate the Workshop on atmospheric pollutants: first aggregation stages, water interactions and aerosol formation, organized by Maria Sanz at King’s College London, UK.

Telefon cell

May 2023

We say good bye to Hamza and Ahmed after their postdoc stay in the group with the Marie Curie Action ATMOS-RISE. Check out Hamza's publication on benzothiazole.

Moroccan night

https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/28/8/3419

March 2023

• Iris joins the group for her Bachelor thesis and Gregor for his research practicum. Welcome Iris and Gregor!
• We say goodbye to Luyao who starts his junior professor (tenure track) in Dunkerque, France. You will do great Luyao and thanks for all that you have installed here in the lab!
  

January 2023

We celebrate Chinese new year! (organized by Haoyue)

Chinese Silvester dinner

December 2022 - Kenneth has graduated.

A summa cum laude for an excellent PhD thesis! Kenneth will stay in the group as an UPEC postdoc. Kenneth's successful thesis defense at the RWTH Aachen marked our last bridge foto.

Kenneth thesis defense

November 2022

Mike and Eléonore continue in the group as PhD students. Bon courage you two!

October 2022

Hamza joins the group as a postdoc fellow with the Marie Curie Action ATMOS-RISE. Welcome Hamza!

September 2022 - Safa has graduated.

Safa with her thesis defense comitee. She will stay in the group as an ATER (postdoc with teaching-research dual).

Safa thesis defense

April 2022

• Angélina Harrat joins the group for her B.Sc. thesis and Truong Anh Nguyen for his M.Sc. thesis. Welcome Angélina and Truong Anh! Mike comes back to the group for his M.Sc. thesis.
  

• Got the first paper with University of Sciences and Technology of Hanoi published in Molecules.

• Wolfi, phenyl acetate is published, with the best results we could have for now.

March 2022

Finally a meeting in presence again! Lam, Safa, and Kenneth participated the International Bunsen Discussion Meeting (IBDM) in Göttingen, Germany. Lam gave an invited talk, Kenneth a contributed talk and Safa a poster.

Mais Dieu que les roses sont belles à Göttingen, à Göttingen...

February 2022

Éléonore Antonelli joins the group for her M.Sc. thesis. Welcome Éléonore! She will work on a project in collaboration with King's College London.

January 2022

We got support from the ERC with a starting grant 2021. This is great!

December 2021

• The group congratulates Nico for his succesful master research project and wishes him all the best for his master study.

• Long time no talk by me, but this year I could make a X-mas talk dedicated especially to Wolfgang but also to my dear students and collegues.
  

November 2021

We moved the lab of Wolfgang Stahl from Aachen, Germany, to Paris. Have a look at the page dedicated to our spectrometer "big cavity" and Wolfgang.

October 2021

Haoyue Sun joins the group for her PhD thesis and Nico Linnartz for his master research project. Welcome Haoyue and Nico!

 August 2021

• The group congratulates Annemarie and Gregor for their succesful Bachelor theses and wishes them all the best for their master studies.

• The group participates at the virtual HRMS meeting 2021 in Cologne, Germany. Kenneth, Christina, and Safa present their results as a talk. Lam and Mike each present a poster. Check out our videos!
  

June 2021

• Congratulations to Haoyue Sun on her Chinese Scholarship Council fellowship to join the group this fall as a PhD student!

• The group participates at the virtual ISMS meeting 2021 at Urbana, USA. Check out the videos of our talks (Kenneth, Safa, Christina, Lam) and go to our flash talks!
  

• Our book has arrived!

May 2021

Gregor Brannys joins the group for his B.Sc. thesis and Mike Barth for his M.Sc. thesis. Welcome Gregor and Mike!

April 2021

Annemarie Quas joins the group for her B.Sc. thesis. Welcome Annemarie!

January 2021 - Maike has graduated.

The bridge foto after a thesis defense is our tradition. Here: Maike's Corona version. From front: Maike, me, Christina, and Kenneth.

Maike accomplished a joint thesis between RWTH Aachen University (Germany) and UPEC (France).