Awards

CSEM spin-off Actival wins the Medtech & Healthcare vertical at venture startup Competition 2026, showcasing the impact of CSEM’s start-up ecosystem in advancing Swiss medtech innovation.

CSEM and ORYL Photonics have won the EARTO Innovation Award 2026 for a breakthrough solubility testing technology that could accelerate drug development while reducing costs and environmental impact.

Congratulations to Julien Hurni and his colleagues from both the EPFL PV-Lab and the CSEM Sustainability Center. Their recent submission was recognized as one of the 10 best abstracts at the SiliconPV 2026 conference in Ankara.

Dr. Michele De Bastiani has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2025 (Cross-Field), ranking among the top 1% most cited worldwide. His work on perovskite–silicon tandem PV drives CSEM’s impact.

(French only) L'ancienne collaboratrice du CSEM, Aurélie Grivel, a reçu le Prix Swiss Engineering pour son Bachelor sur l’optimisation d'une buse imprimée en 3D via SLA/DLP, améliorant les performances de 20 % grâce à une approche innovante et rigoureuse.

Pietro Iurilli awarded the prestigious Battery Young Researcher Award for groundbreaking work on lithium-ion battery aging and management systems.

Prof. Dr. Christophe Ballif, Vice-President of CSEM's Sustainable Energy activities, received the prestigious title from the University of Ljubljana for his groundbreaking work in photovoltaics and over 20 years of impactful collaboration.

Roman Blum was awarded the Best Poster Award at EFTF, known for its focus on time and frequency domains, for his innovative work on a rubidium two-photon optical atomic clock. His work addresses long-term frequency stability using two lasers to mitigate the light shift.

Christophe Ballif was recognized as a "Global Solar Scientist," along with other distinguished scientists such as Martin Green, Pierre Verlinden, Shen Hui, or Xu Xixiang.