The Institute brings together over 200 technical and scientific staff with a panel of expertise ranging from theoretical chemistry to physics, through modeling, biochemistry, and analytical chemistry. The ISA also has a tip and global instrumentation equipment: NMR spectrometer (1Ghz), hosted by the «Very High Fields NMR European Center» (CRMN Lyon, France ).
The Institute organized its research activities in five areas:
* mass spectrometry
* modeling and applied analysis 
* NMR spectroscopy
* separative sciences and surfaces
* (bio)Interfaces, micro / nanosystems.
The research focuses on developing new methods through technological innovation in the analysis of complex systems in all fields, with applications in biomedicine, calculation methods, environment, materials science and structural biology.