On September 28, the Neuron Endowment Fund awarded two leading scientists of the Institute of Physics. In the Pantheon of the National Museum, Václav Petříček received the highest prize awarded, Neuron Prize for Contribution to World Science, and Prokop Hapala was ranked by the Neuron Board among seven promising young scientists awarded.
New discovery how the information is recorded in anti-ferromagnetic materials with the use of particle spin.
Among other successes, he developed a program Superflip, which has been widely adopted by the crystallographic community and is one of the most commonly used programs in the field today.
Six top Czech scientists under 40 in the fields of medicine, social sciences, biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics received the Neuron Award for young scientists.
For his contribution to world science, prof. Petr Hořava, PhD was awarded. Apart from the principal „senior“ Neuron Award acknowledging top scientists, there is also a “Neuron Impulses” category focused on young scientists in the Czech Republic. In 2015, Mgr. Anna Fučíková, PhD, has won this prize in the field of physics.
Hynek Němec was one of five young scientists who were awarded for their outstanding scientific results alongside the financial reward.
