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Congratulations to Leander who passed his candidacy exam!

Published:21.05.26 — We are very pleased to share that Leander Choudhury passed his candidacy exam. He presented his project entitled "Autonomous Discovery of Catalysts" developed in collaboration between our group and SwissCat+ under the co-supervision of MER Dr Pascal Miéville.

Congratulations to Simon for his publication in Nanomaterials!

Published:13.05.26 — We are very pleased to share that our study on the development of multimodal imaging probes based on functionalized harmonic nanoparticles has just been released in Nanomaterials. This project was developed in collaboration with MER Dr Anne-Sophie Chauvin (EPFL, LCS), the team of Prof. Luigi Bonacina (Unige, Nonlinear BioImaging LAB) and the CIBM (Dr Kartarzyna Pierzchala, Dr Bernard Lanz). We are grateful to the group of Prof. Yannick Mugnier for providing harmonic nanocrystals and Dr Jérémie Teyssier for giving access to his microscopy platform.

Congratulations to Anna for her paper in Chem. Sci.!

Published:05.05.26 — We are pleased to announce that the work of Anna Poryvai entitled "Light-driven radical catch-and-release with BODIPY photocages" is now published in Chemical Science and is part of the 2026 Chemical Science HOT Article Collection! This study was developed in collaboration with the group of Tomas Slanina at the Czech Academy of Sciences. 

New team members at the GBF!

Published:07.04.26 — We are very pleased to warmly welcome two new members in our team – Delia Lazari and Nour Marzoug.

Welcome Solenn!

Published:18.03.26 — We are very pleased to welcome Solenn Vial in our group for a 18-month internship in the context of her training as laboratory assistant in chemistry.

Kick-off meeting of the SMILE project!

Published:13.02.26 — On 12-13 February 2026, we officially launched the SMILE project at the Kick-Off Meeting which was held at SUPSI in Lugano. We are very grateful to Dr Igor Stefanini for the great organization of this meeting and the visit of SUPSI laboratories and infrastructure.

Congratulations Dr Spada!

Published:08.02.26 — We are very pleased to share that Alessandra Spada received the PhD degree on February 6, 2026 at the occasion of her public defense for her PhD thesis entitled "Functionalization of harmonic nanoparticles for active cancer targeting". 

Study week at the GBF!

Published:02.02.26 — We are very pleased to welcome Tanja Fellmann, Sophie Meier, Alice Vitale and Zoe Erhardt in our group for the Study Week in Materials Science and Chemistry, organized together with the Schweizer Jugend Forscht!

Welcome Eva!

Published:02.02.26 — We are very pleased to welcome Eva Laugier in the group for her Master Ib project.

Congratulations Alex!

Published:14.01.26 — We are very pleased to share that the Review Article of Alessandra Spada entitled "Surface Functionalization of Nanocarriers with Anti-EGFR Ligands for Cancer Active Targeting" is among the Highly Cited Papers 2025 in Nanomaterials.