Victor Balédent, laureate of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF).

👏We congratulate Victor Balédent, associate professor at the University of Paris-Saclay and researcher at the Laboratory of Solid-State Physics within the MATRIX team, for being awarded by the IUF on November 3, 2025, for his project on imaging orbitals in correlated materials. He has therefore been appointed a “junior member” of the IUF Fundamental Chair for a period of five years.

🔗Learn more about Victor Balédent’s research: https://equipes.lps.u-psud.fr/victor-baledent/

📸Photos of the ceremony: https://www.iufrance.fr/ceremonie-de-presentation-de-la-35e-promotion-de-liuf.html