On October 23, 2024, Ms Lai Fayan, an alumna and master’s degree graduate of the Institute of New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials, passed her doctoral dissertation defense at the Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry of the Académie des Sciences de France (University of Toulouse III).

Lai Fayan’s major is Materials Science, and her doctoral dissertation is titled “Guest-promoted enhancement of electrical conductivity and spin crossover behavior in Hofmann-type metal-organic frameworks”.

The defense committee was composed of Prof. Rodrigue Lescouezec, Sorbonne University, Senior Researcher Aude Demessence, Institut d'Environnement et de Catalité (IECE), Lyon, Prof. Simon Tricard and Prof. Saioa Cobo, University of Toulouse III, Senior Researcher Azzedine Bousseksou, the Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry of the Académie des Sciences de France.

During the defense, Lai Fayan answered the questions raised by the defense committee, discussed related issues with the committee members, and put forward future research prospects. The defense committee unanimously agreed that Lai Fayan’s research is informative, answers clear and logical, and agreed to pass her defense and confer her the doctoral degree.