One of the winners of this year's CRYTUR Award for the best thesis in materials science, selected from more than fifty entries from Czech and Slovak universities, was Ing. Monika Kotyková, who, while studying at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, also works in the Department of Optical Materials at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
The award went to Monika Kotyková for her work entitled Complex characterization of Ce-doped (Gd,Y)AlO₃ perovskite single crystals, which she wrote under the supervision of Doc. Ing. Petr Průša, Ph.D., from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The work focuses on the detailed characterization of perovskite crystals prepared using the Czochralski method and their scintillation properties with applications in nuclear physics, industry, and medical imaging.
The evaluation committee, composed of CRYTUR researchers, assessed primarily the professional level of the theses, their innovativeness, and potential for practical application, with particular emphasis on the experimental part and the quality of the presentation of the results.
We congratulate Monika Kotyková on her award and wish her many more successes!
