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Faculty of Sciences University of Namur

Rue de Bruxelles, 61 5000 Namur www.unamur.be

Inaugural lecture

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It will take place on February 9^th 2017 at 17:00, Auditorium CH01 of the University of Namur (2 rue Grafé, 5000 Namur) and will be followed by a reception.

Lecture program

Thursday 16^th February 2017, 8:30-10:30

Lecture 1: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: basic principles and applications Friday 17^th February 2017, 8:30-10:30

Lecture 2: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of insulating systems Thursday 23^rd February 2017, 8:30-10:30

Lecture 3: Atomic Force Microscopy: Imaging Friday 24^th February 2017, 8:30-10:30

Lecture 4: Measuring properties on the nanoscale with AFM Thursday 2^nd March 2017, 8:30-10:30

Lecture 5: Modifying surfaces on the nanoscale with AFM

The lectures will take place in Auditorium CH21 of the University of Namur (2 rue Grafé, 5000 Namur).

Please confirm your attendance to the inaugural lecture, to the reception, and to the lectures by January 30 by sending an e-mail to Evelyne BOCA (evelyne.boca@unamur.be; tel. +32 (0)81 725444).

Francqui Chair 2016-2017

Professor Roberto LAZZARONI, UMONS Inaugural and further lectures

Roberto LAZZARONI has obtained a PhD in Sciences from the University of Namur in 1987. After post-doctoral stays at the University of Linkoping (Sweden) and at CNR of Bologna (Italy), he joined the Laboratory of Professor Brédas at the University of Mons in 1990, as a FNRS Researcher. In the following years, he became Senior Researcher and then Research Director of the FNRS. In 2003, he became member of the academic staff of the University of Mons and Director of the Laboratory of Novel Materials. He is currently Chair of the Chemistry Department at UMONS and Scientific Director of the Materia Nova Research Center. His research activities tackle the structure, the supramolecular organization, and the electronic properties of organic and hybrid materials. These materials and their interfaces are studied using a joined theoretical- experimental approach that combines local probe microscopies and modeling by quantum and classical mechanics techniques.