2026 Thesis Prize: 13 young PhD graduates honored by the Université Grenoble Alpes

Topics: Accolade/Award; Research; Education; Innovation

On May 19, 2026

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The Université Grenoble Alpes has honored thirteen doctoral graduates from the class of 2025 whose theis work is deemed to be of exceptional quality: 7 to recognize academic excellence, 3 to promote interdisciplinarity, 2 to support both technological and social innovation, and 1 to encourage ecological transformation. The awards will be presented at the “Doctoral Ceremony” on June 9, 2026.

The candidates had been pre-selected by the thirteen doctoral schools of the University of Grenoble Alpes from among the 640 graduates of 2025. The judging panels for the Innovation Thesis Awards and the Academic Thesis Awards met on May 4 and May 6, respectively, and the awards will be officially presented during the “Doctoral Ceremony ” on June 9, 2026, starting at 5:00 p.m.

Recognizing the scientific excellence of our PhD Students

The Université Grenoble Alpes has honored thirteen PhD graduates from the class of 2025 whose dissertation work was deemed to be of exceptional quality. These awards recognize the excellence of the research conducted by these young scientists in their laboratories.

The thesis awards recognize:

7 Academic Thesis Awards recognizing excellence in each disciplinary field, as represented by the site’s doctoral schools and research clusters;
3 Interdisciplinary Academic Thesis Award for a research project that promotes interdisciplinary collaboration and spans at least two significantly different doctoral fields;
2 Innovation Thesis Awards that also include a focus on commercialization and technology transfer to society from both a technological and social perspective;
1 Ecological Transformation Thesis Award for a thesis that makes an exemplary contribution to ecological transformation, understood as the set of social, economic, technological, cultural, and environmental changes necessary for a sustainable society that respects planetary boundaries.

As in previous years, candidates are selected based primarily on the scientific excellence of their dissertation, their ability to present their work clearly and concisely, the scientific significance and impact of their work for the discipline, and, where applicable, the quality of their scientific output during the course of their dissertation. Additional criteria are applied depending on the nature of the dissertation award: interdisciplinary research, innovation, and ecological transformation.

The 7 Winners of the Academic Thesis Awards

Sofia SAVORGNANO - Polarimetry measurements and observations at millimeter wavelengths with KIDsS

Doctoral School: ED PHYS – Physics
Research Laboratory: Laboratoire de physique subatomique et de cosmologie (LPSC - CNRS/UGA - Grenoble INP-UGA) et l'Institut Néel (CNRS)
Thesis Supervision: Andrea CATALANO and Alessandro MONFARDINI

> To know more about the thesis of Sofia SAVORGNANO

Anton KHVALYUK - Low-energy theory of strongly disordered superconductors

Doctoral School: ED PHYS - Physics
Research Laboratory: Laboratoire de Physique et modélisation des milieux condensés (LPMMC - CNRS/UGA)
Thesis Supervision: Denis BASKO and Benjamin SACÉPÉ

> To know more about the thesis of Anton KHVALYUK

Nazareth Milagros CARIGGA GUTIERREZ - Light-and X-ray-responsive nanoliposomes to improve chemotherapy efficacies for pancreatic cancer

Doctoral School: ED CSV – Chemistry and Life Sciences
Research Laboratory: Institut pour l’Avancée des Biosciences (IAB - CNRS/Inserm/UGA)
Thesis Supervision: Amandine HURBIN and Mans BROEKGAARDEN

> To know more about the thesis of Nazareth Milagros CARIGGA GUTIERREZ

Corentin RENAIS - Understanding Kinetic Limitations in the Graphite Electrode: From Material Properties to Electrode Microstructure

Doctoral School: ED I-MEP² - Engineering - Materials, Mechanical, Environment, Energetics, Processes, Production
Research Laboratory: Laboratoire d’électrochimie et physicochimie des matériaux et des interfaces (Lepmi - CNRS/UGA - Grenoble INP-UGA/USMB)
Thesis Supervision: Claire VILLEVIEILLE, Fannie ALLOIN and Céline BARCHASZ

> To know more about the thesis of Corentin RENAIS

Julie HAMONIC - Judicial evidentiary reasoning

Doctoral School: ED SJ - Law
Research Laboratory: Centre de recherches juridiques de Grenoble (CRJ - UGA)
Thesis Supervision: Étienne VERGÈS

> To know more about the thesis of Julie HAMONIC

Côme SOUCHIER - Governmental Reasons of Time. An historical anthropology of temporalizations from the 14th century to nowadays

Bianca MARIN MORENO - Online convex reinforcement learning and applications to energy management problems

Doctoral School: ED MSTII – Informatics and Mathematics
Research Laboratory: Inria
Company: EDF
Thesis Supervision: Pierre GAILLARD, Nadia OUDJANE and Margaux BRÉGÈRE

> To know more about the thesis of Bianca MARIN MORENO

The 3 Winners of the Interdisciplinary Academic Thesis Awards

Manon LORCERY - The scaling of biodiversity through time and space : environmental, evolutionary, and ecological interactions

Doctoral School: ED STEP - Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Research Laboratory: l’Institut des sciences de la Terre (ISTerre - CNRS/IRD/UGA/UGE/USMB)
Thesis Supervision: Laurent HUSSON and Tristan SALLES

> To know more about the thesis of Manon LORCERY

Maxence DENU - Deploying Industry 5.0 for Circular Manufacturing Systems: A Systemic and Human-Centered Approach

Doctoral School: ED I-MEP² - Engineering - Materials, Mechanical, Environment, Energetics, Processes, Production
Research Laboratory: Laboratoire de Sciences pour la conception, l’optimisation et la production de Grenoble (G-Scop - CNRS/UGA - Grenoble INP-UGA)
Thesis Supervision: Pierre DAVID, Fabien MANGIONE et Aurélie LANDRY

> To know more about the thesis of Maxence DENU

Émilie ÉTIENNE - Villages under pressure: maintaining solar mini-grids in Senegal and Kenya. Promises and accountability surrounding small-scale development infrastructures

Doctoral School: ED SHPT - Humanities, Political and Territorial Sciences
Research Laboratory: Laboratoire de sciences sociales (Pacte - CNRS/UGA - Sciences Po Grenoble-UGA) et du Laboratoire d’économie appliquée de Grenoble (GAEL - CNRS/INRAE/UGA - Grenoble INP-UGA)
Company: Schneider electric
Thesis Supervision: Pascale TROMPETTE and Sandrine MATHY

> To know more about the thesis of Émilie ÉTIENNE

The Winner of the Technological Innovation Thesis Award

Clara MAGNIN - X-Ray Phase Contrast and Dark-Field Imaging on Laboratory Equipment: How X-ray Dark-Field relates to Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)?

Doctoral School: ED ISCE - Health, cognition and environmental engineering
Research Laboratory: Rayonnement Synchrotron pour la Recherche Biomédicale (Strobe - Inserm/UGA)
Company: Xenocs
Thesis Supervision: Emmanuel BRUN, Bertrand FAURE et Blandine LANTZ

> To know more about the thesis of Clara MAGNIN

The Winner of the Social Innovation Thesis Award

Anis SHAMI - Fostering trust on digital exchanges: rating corporate digital communication and ESG performance Early foundation towards a double materiality rating of digital activities

Doctoral School: ED SG - Management Sciences
Research Laboratory: Centre d’études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion (Cerag - UGA - Grenoble INP-UGA)
Company: Dawex - Global Data Marketplace
Thesis Supervision: Véronique BLUM, Éric GAUSSIER et Alexandre RAMBAUD

> To know more about the thesis of Anis SHAMI

The Winner of the Ecological Transformation Thesis Award

Anne BARANGER - Characterising the vulnerability of forests to climate change through demographic and physiological analyses

Doctoral School: ED CSV - Chemistry and Life Sciences
Research Laboratory: Laboratoire Écosystèmes et sociétés en montagne (Lessem - INRAE/UGA)
Thesis Supervision: Georges KUNSTLER et Thomas CORDONNIER

> To know more about the thesis of Anne BARANGER