The Eset Science Award 2020 laureate Fedor Šimkovic
An important prize-giving ceremony was held on Wednesday October 14, 2020 when a prestigious Eset Science Award 2020 was presented. The award is given to outstanding personalities in Slovak science and is appointed by an international committee headed by a Nobel Prize winner Professor Kip S. Thorne.
The award in the category “Outstanding Individual Contributor to Slovak Science" was handed to Professor Fedor Šimkovic, a member of the Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics at FMPH CU, who is leading a team of young scientists and PhD students. Professor Šimkovic´s research deals with application of atomic nuclei as a laboratory for investigation into fundamental neutrino properties. The Professor participates in experiments in top neutrino physics research and in designing software for processing and interpretation of data from neutrino experiments NEMO3/SuperNEMO (0vββ), Baikal-GVD (neutrino space telescope) and JUNO (research into neutrino oscillations).
Professor Michal Fečkan also qualified among five entrants in the final round, and Associate Professor František Kundracik qualified for the final round in the “Outstanding Academic” category, in which the award was won by Professor Ivan Varga of the Faculty of Medicine CU. Professor Šimkovic´s achievement along with the positions of our colleagues in the final round of the award-winning competition are highly esteemed by our Faculty and University as they help raise endeavour and creativity at our Faculty in these harsh times.
More information: www.esetscienceaward.sk