Dr. Sourav Dey, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow in the 2D Smart Materials Lab at ICMol attended the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physics. These meetings annually bring together Nobel Laureates and emerging researchers in a welcoming environment, fostering the exchange of knowledge and enthusiasm for science. This year's event, which took place from June 30 to July 5 in Lindau, Germany, hosted approximately 630 graduates, PhD candidates, and post-doctoral researchers from around the world. The physics session featured 37 Nobel Prize recipients, including recent awardees Anne L'Huillier (2023 Nobel Prize in Physics), Alain Aspect (2022 Nobel Prize in Physics), and Anton Zeilinger (2022 Nobel Prize in Physics).
Established in 1951, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings evolved into a distinguished global scientific forum, facilitating international, interdisciplinary and intergenerational exchanges between scientists. The attendees, Nobel Prize laureates, have there a chance to share their research experiences with young scientists. Each annual event contains many conferences, plenary sessions, lectures and networking. The meetings rotate themes among Physiology and Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry – the primary scientific disciplines recognized by the Nobel Prize. Throughout the year, these gatherings uphold their educational mission by highlighting the significance of science and advocating for scientific research.
Sourav is extremely happy for being part of the 73rd Lindau Nobel Meeting “It was a wonderful experience to meet the Nobel Laureates and directly hear about their work and the main research directions in Physics. It’s like a dream that came true!. I also enjoyed an amazing week full of science and fun with young scientist all over the world”, he says.
Sourav Dey completed his PhD with honours at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India, supervised by Prof. Gopalan Rajaraman. In 2023, he joined the ICMol of the Universitat de València as a postdoctoral researcher within the 2D Smart Materials Lab, led by José J. Baldoví. Currently, Sourav carries out a Marie Sklodowska-Curie project funded by the European Commission, in which he studies the interaction between spin and phonons in molecular nanomagnets deposited in the surface of 2D magnetic materials.
