Awards

The world's leading mineralogist Jakub Plášil has been unravelling complex crystal structures and discovering new minerals for years. At first glance, it might seem that this is a marginal area of science that is not "in vogue" today. Yet Plášil and his colleagues are making discoveries that have broader implications – for example, in understanding how uranium and other metallic elements are distributed in nature. His research has won him an award by the European Mineralogical Union.

The poster titled "Anonymization: The Future is Unbiased", presented by the FZU team (led by Markéta Iffland and Lucie Speváková) at the EARMA–INORMS Congress 2025, has been selected by expert committee as the best poster. The event, held from 6 to 8 May 2025 in Madrid, Spain, brought together over 2,000 research management professionals from 67 countries, offering a unique platform for in-person networking and exchange of best practices.

Mykhailo Khytko, a solar energy scientist and father of two-year-old Mark, shows that achieving balance between demanding scientific work and parenthood is possible. This year, he was one of the recipients of the prestigious Martina Roeselová Memorial Fellowship, which helps young scientists continue cutting-edge research while parenting.

The Česká hlava (Czech Head) National Government Award has been presented by the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation to Tomáš Jungwirth from the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He received the most prestigious scientific award for his contribution to spintronics research. The ceremony of the 23rd edition of the competition brought recognition also to David Vojna, who received the Doctorandus Award for Technical Sciences.

Pavel Galář was presented the Award of the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports for outstanding educational activities at a ceremony on 19 November 2024 at the Liechtenstein Palace. The award serves as a recognition of specific pedagogical achievements that significantly enrich education at universities. The respected physicist and teacher works at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering of the University of Chemical Technology in Prague and at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Aleš Vlk ranked third in the Competition of Scientific Papers of Young Physicists for the Milan Odehnal Prize 2024. The award ceremony took place at a meeting of the physics department of the Prague branch of the Union of Czech Mathematicians and Physicists on 16 October 2024 at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Charles University in Prague. 

This year's photo competition of the Institute of Physics surprised the jury not only by the number of images submitted, but also by the variety of topics chosen by the contestants. This year's main theme was physical phenomena.