During the 34th French Aerosol Congress (January 26-28, 2021), José Moran, for his thesis work carried out within the CORIA – COmplexe de Recherche Interprofessionnel en Aérothermochimie (UMR 6614 CNRS) of the University of Normandy, UNIROUEN and INSA of Rouen, entitled “Improving the numerical simulation of soot aerosol formation in flames” has been awarded the Jean Bricard prize of ASFERA (French Association for Aerosol Studies and Research).