Institute of High Pressure Physics

The International Seminar “Young4SoftMatter”- 2^nd Polish-Slovenian Edition was held online on June 26-28, 2023. During the three-day International Seminar, the following scientific events took place:

• 29 lectures
• 7 posters
• 2 lectures of Special Guests
• 3 plenary lectures
• Q&A with the Scientific Council

The Directors of The International Seminar “Young4SoftMatter”: Dr hab. Aleksandra Drozd-Rzoska & Prof. Samo Kralj, the inspirators of this event, took the leadership over The International Seminar, sharing their experience, vision, and ideas.

The entire organization of The International Seminar was supervised by the Organizing Committee: mgr Agata Angelika Rzoska & dr Szymon Starzonek, which was constantly watching to solve all issues on an ongoing basis.

The Order of Polonia Restituta is a Polish state civilian decoration awarded for outstanding merits in the service of the state and society.

On June 20, 2023, a ceremony of awarding decoration took place at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, which was directed by prof. Marek Konarzewski, president of the Polish Academy of Sciences on behalf of President Andrzej Duda.

Prof. Izabella Grzegory was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in recognition of her outstanding merits for the development of the Polish national economy based on advanced semiconductor technologies. Prof. Grzegory's activities are aimed at strengthening Poland's position as one of the world leaders in the production of gallium nitride (GaN) crystals of the highest structural quality and their use in the production of innovative power electronics devices.

Fot. Photo from the ceremony of awarding the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. From the left, Prof. Janusz Jurczak - Dean of the 3rd Department of the Polish Academy of Sciences, prof. Izabella Grzegory, prof. Marek Konarzewski - President of Polish Academy of Sciences (photo: Polish Academy of Sciences)

International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism (ICSM) is one of the biggest conferences in the field of superconductors. This year it was held in Fethiye, Turkey on May 4-11, 2023 and it gathered over 500 participants from all around the world, including 22 scientists from Poland.

Dr. Shiv J. Singh from our Institute was invited to give a talk on “High-Pressure Growth and Physical Properties of Iron-Based Superconductors: 1111 and 1144”. He presented his team’s current results and highlighted the importance of the high-pressure growth effect on Iron-Based Superconductors with respect to Convenient Growth Methods at ambient pressure. Also our two Ph.D. students: Manasa Manasa, and Mohammad Azam, have presented their poster contributions. More information can be found on the conference website (https://icsm2023.org/).

National Science Centre announced the results of OPUS 24 and SONATA 18 scientific competitions. Congratulations to all the laureates, especially to prof. Michał Leszczyński from our Institute who will be the leader of OPUS grant „Mechanisms of Al, Ga, In diffusion in three-dimensional quantum structures of (AlGaIn)N. More information at the NCN webpage.

Popularscience abstract of the project under this link.