This year’s winners include Michel H. Devoret in Physics, Omar M. Yaghi in Chemistry, and Philippe Aghion in Economic Sciences – all of whom have been or are currently involved in MSCA projects.
This year’s winners include Michel H. Devoret in Physics, Omar M. Yaghi in Chemistry, and Philippe Aghion in Economic Sciences – all of whom have been or are currently involved in MSCA projects.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has been awarded to Michel Devoret alongside John Clarke and John M. Martinis for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit. Professor Devoret was a supervisor in the MSCA funded Super MagneFiQuE project.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Omar M. Yaghi, along with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson, for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Professor Yaghi will lead the MSCA-funded AQUAFRAME project, which seeks to design and study "quasiperiodic" MOFs to enhance atmospheric water harvesting.
The Nobel Prize in Economy has been awarded jointly to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for having explained innovation-driven economic growth. Professor Aghion participated in the MSCA FP7 ECOCEP project, which worked on developing an integrated approach to modelling the impacts of climate and energy policies as a way to advance towards a highly energy efficient, low carbon and green global economy. In addition, he was also involved as a scientific coordinator of the MSCA FP5 ERIETE and a researcher in the MSCA FP5 NET projects.
