Alberto de la Torre, Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Geneva University, won the Vacheron Constantin Science Award 2016

Alberto de la Torre, Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Geneva University received his doctoral dissertation 2016 Vacheron Constantin Science (Prix Vacheron Constantin des Sciences) In an effort to encourage young students at the Faculty of Science at the University of Geneva to pursue further studies and engage in research, Vacheron Constantin established a scholarship in 1948 to honor students who achieved outstanding results in astronomy, physics or mathematics each year. This year, Dr. Alberto de la Torre, in his doctoral dissertation on spectroscopic studies of layered iridium oxide and on the electronic structure of monolayers and bilayers Iarates Sr2IrO4 and Sr3Ir2O7 using angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments Doping evolution "report, won the 2016 Vacheron Constantin Science Award. Dr. Alberto de la Torre The Vacheron University Science Award Presentation Ceremony was held at the Plan-les-Ouates watchmaking factory in Vacheron Constantin on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. The prize is a piece of Overseas Timekeeping. Geoffroy Lefebvre, COO of Vacheron Constantin, Dr. Laurent Alberto de la Torre, Jérôme Lacour, dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Geneva, Christoph Renner and Martin Gander, Professor Thierry Giamarchi and Professor Michèle Maggiore, Vacheron Constantin Communications Director Martine Depresle and Technical Director Alexandre Chiuvé attended the ceremony. Alexandre Chiuvé, Vacheron Constantin; Martin Gander; Michele Maggiore; Alberto de la Torre; Jérôme Lacour; Felix Baumberger; Christoph Renner; Thierry Giamarchi; Geoffroy Lefebvre, The birth of this award is consistent with the long history of Vacheron Constantin. Brand founder Jean-Marc Vacheron is not only an outstanding young loft artisan, inventor of clockworks and humanist, but also curious about the progress of science and technology of the time. Vacheron Constantin's growing involvement in the field of science and technology drew some key figures in watchmaking history, including Georges-Auguste Leschot, who invented the first machine to make replaceable movement parts. Despite the changing times, Vacheron Constantin, founded in 1755, has never ceased its enthusiasm for technological research and breakthrough as the world's oldest watch maker has never ceased its production and will continue to devote its time to Research and development.