Paolo Privitera has been awarded a 4 M$ Advanced Grant by the European Research Council to search for light dark matter particles with DAMIC-M. The European Research Council »selects and funds the very best, creative researchers of any nationality to run projects based in Europe ». Prof. Privitera is affiliated to the Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE) in Paris as the host-institution.
