Joseph Moran, Recipient of the ERC Consolidator Grant

Published on December 10, 2020

This highly selective European award was presented to Joseph Moran, a researcher at the Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS, CNRS/Unistra), who had previously been awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2014.

A New Metabolism-Driven Approach to Prebiotic Chemistry

A new ERC Consolidator Grant has been awarded to Joseph Moran for the research project “MetabolismOrigins – On the chemical origins of biological metabolism.” This grant will enable the Strasbourg-based researcher to continue his work on a new, metabolism-guided approach to prebiotic chemistry. This will provide a deep understanding of how and why the biochemistry of life emerged, while also explaining how it functions today, rooted in the fundamental principles of catalysis and organic chemistry.

34 recipients of the 2020 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grants at French universities

These grants, which support the best in exploratory research across three major fields—the humanities and social sciences, physics and engineering, and the life sciences—are awarded to researchers in Europe who earned their doctorates 7 to 12 years ago. They are awarded once a year for a period of 5 years to scientists from around the world, provided they conduct their research in a European or associated country.

Did you know that?

In 2018, Joseph Moran became the first researcher working in France to be named one of the 12 “Talented 12” young scientists of the year selected by the American magazine *Chemical & Engineering News*, published by the American Chemical Society. This recognition brought him greater visibility in the world of chemistry.