Authors: French Physical Society & Swiss Physical Society

The French Physical Society and the Swiss Physical Society  are proud to announce the 2021 winner of the Charpak-Ritz Prize:

Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie

image credit: Philippe Berteaud

Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, researcher at the 2.75 GeV electron synchrotron SOLEIL, located south of Paris, has received this award for her outstanding contributions "in light sources using particle accelerators to emit synchrotron radiation of high spectral purity and high degrees of longitudinal and transverse coherence".

Dr. Couprie is the head of the Magnetism and Insertion Device group at SOLEIL and she is in charge of piloting the Free Electron Laser activities. She is an expert of Free Electron Laser theory and applications, she has an outstanding track record of referred publications, and she is strongly involved in the development of technologies with industries.

The Swiss Physical Society congratulates Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie warmly on this prestigious award. [More: spf-website, sps-website].

Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie will receive the Charpak-Ritz medal on 1 September 2021 in the award ceremony of the annual meeting, jointly organised by the Swiss and Austrian physical societies, 31 August to 3 September 2021 in Innsbruck, Austria, where she will also present her work in a plenary talk to the participants of the conference.