Institute of High Pressure Physics

The 8th International Symposium on Growth of III-Nitrides (ISGN-8) has just come to a close. The conference was held on 9–12 November 2025 at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, Taiwan. This year, for the very first time, the Iwińska Award for Young Scientists was presented – a prize funded by the Institute of High Pressure Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IHPP PAS / Unipress), established in memory of Dr. Iwińska, a young physicist who passed away a year ago after battling cancer.

The award for the best presentation went to Pham Tu Huynh, a young researcher from Vietnam studying at NCKU. The laureate presented a talk entitled “Defect visualization in GaN-based HEMTs with SiNx nano-mask by cathodoluminescence spectroscopy”, recognized for its scientific quality and impact on the development of GaN-based device technologies.

We are already looking ahead to the next edition – ISGN-9, which will be organized by IHPP PAS together with Epistromo. The symposium will take place on September 27-30, 2027 in Burgas, Bulgaria. We warmly invite you to join us at ISGN-9!

More photos from the Award Ceremony and the ISGN8 Conference below:

photos credit: ISGN8 Orgaznizers and dr hab. Grzegorz Muzioł (IHPP PAS)