Valentina Emiliani

Valentina Emiliani
Born
Rome, Italy
Alma materSapienza University of Rome (PhD, 1997)
AwardsCNRS Médaille d'argent (2021)
ERC Advanced Grant (2020)
Irène Joliot-Curie Prize (2025)
Michael S. Feld Biophotonics Award (2022)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurophotonics, Optics
WorkplacesInstitut de la Vision, Paris
CNRS

Valentina Emiliani is an Italian physicist and CNRS Research Director at the Institut de la Vision in Paris. She heads the Photonics Department and the Wavefront Modulation team at the institute.[1]

Early life and career

Emiliani studied physics at Sapienza University of Rome, graduating in 1991. She completed her doctorate in physics at the same university in 1997, with a thesis on the optical properties of quantum structures.[2] She then undertook postdoctoral research at the Max Born Institute in Berlin, followed by a period at the European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy in Florence.[3]

In 2002, Emiliani joined the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2004, she was recruited as a researcher at the CNRS.[4] In 2005, she received a European Young Investigator grant and established the Wavefront Engineering Microscopy group at Paris Descartes University.[3] She was promoted to CNRS Research Director in 2011.[1]

In 2014, she became director of the Neurophotonics laboratory at Paris Descartes University. In 2018, she joined the Institut de la Vision with her team and took over the Photonics Department.[5][6]

Research

Emiliani's research focuses on the application of wavefront modulation techniques to neuroscience. Her research has developed methods combining computer-generated holography and temporal focusing with optogenetics to control neuronal activity.[3] In 2020, she received an ERC Advanced Grant for the HOLOVIS project, aimed at the optical manipulation of visual circuits.[7]

Awards

YearAwardAwarding body
2005European Young Investigator AwardEuropean Science Foundation[2]
2015Coups d'élan pour la recherche françaiseBettencourt Schueller Foundation[3]
2018AXA Chair in ResearchAXA Research Fund[8]
2020ERC Advanced Grant (HOLOVIS)European Research Council[8]
2021Médaille d'argentCNRS[7]
2021Maxime Dahan PrizeFrench Physical Society[3]
2022Michael S. Feld Biophotonics AwardOptica (formerly OSA)[3]
2025Irène Joliot-Curie Prize, Woman Scientist of the YearFrench Ministry of Higher Education[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Valentina Emiliani, elected Woman Scientist of the Year by the French Academy of Sciences". Institut de la Vision. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Valentina Emiliani-Sirtori". European Science Foundation. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Valentina Emiliani". Optica. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Valentina Emiliani". CNRS Biologie. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Valentina Emiliani". Sorbonne Université. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Foust, Amanda. "Light, questions, probes: Valentina Emiliani on combining disciplines for neurophotonics". Neurophotonics. 10 (4) 040402. doi:10.1117/1.NPh.10.4.040402. ISSN 2329-423X. PMC 10174200. PMID 37181580.
  7. 1 2 "Médailles d'argent 2021". CNRS. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Valentina Emiliani". CNRS. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Irène Joliot-Curie Prize: Valentina Emiliani named Woman Scientist of the Year". Campus France. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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