The Société Chimique de France has announced that Sabrina Pricl, Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Trieste, has been awarded the 2025 French-Italian “Stanislao Cannizzaro – Jacques Arnaudon Chemistry Lectureship Award”, in recognition of her scientific achievements in molecular biochemistry, at the interface between experimental and computational chemistry, and her strong ties with the French chemical community.

The prize is jointly awarded by the Société Chimique de France - a prestigious scientific institution founded in 1857 - and the Italian Chemical Society, as part of a bilateral agreement renewed last May in Paris. Its aim is to annually honor an outstanding Italian or French scientist who has distinguished themselves in the field of chemical research. The award is traditionally followed by a lecture tour in both France and Italy, with the winner serving as keynote speaker.

Sabrina Pricl is the scientific director of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Nanotechnology (MolBNL@UniTS) at the University of Trieste, where she leads interdisciplinary research projects in nanomedicine funded by national and international public and private institutions. Her work focuses on integrating experimental techniques and supercomputing to study protein–protein interactions in cancer therapies, and on developing advanced nanosystems for targeted delivery of drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids.

Author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications and an active promoter of technology transfer and science outreach, Professor Pricl was awarded the title of Eminent Scientist by the University of Łódź (Poland) in 2020.

The official award ceremony will take place in June 2026 during the national congress of the Société Chimique de France in Bordeaux.