Jérôme Cornil is a research director of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) at the University of Mons (Belgium). His research interests mostly deal with the theoretical characterization at the atomistic level of the structural and electronic properties of organic and hybrid materials in the isolated state, in their bulk or at interfaces, typically  in relation to energy applications. He has (co-)authored about 450 publications/book chapters, with about 35700 citations (h index of 85). He has supervised 25 undergraduate students and 31 PhD students. He appeared in the ranking of the top 100 most influential chemists of the decade 2000-2010 according to Thomson Reuters based on citation impact. He has been awarded the title of « Doctor Honoris Causa » from the Université de Rennes in 2023.

Talk title: Electronic properties of interfaces and molecular junctions involving ferromagnetic electrodes