Adriana Morana, new junior member of the IUF

Adriana Morana, a member of our MOPERE team, is our latest researcher to be appointed as a member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), bringing the total number to 5 for our laboratory! She was awarded a Fundamental Chair as part of the 2026 IUF Junior promotion, for a period of 5 years.

The Institut Universitaire de France is a service of the French Ministry of Higher Education that each year distinguishes a small number of faculty members for their research excellence, as evidenced by their international recognition. It aims at strengthening interdisciplinarity by encouraging excellence in fundamental research, innovation and scientific mediation. During their five-year delegation, members of the IUF are relieved from part of their teaching duties, which allows them to focus on their IUF-funded research project.

Adriana's IUF research project focuses on the development of photonic solutions for diagnostics and sensing applications tailored to the needs of next-generation small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). The architecture and compact dimensions of these reactors present new challenges for instrumentation operating in such demanding environments.